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This movement is criticized for its “Dionysian messianism” in a work accusing its members of performative contradictions. An appendix about this movement discusses how it defies Kant by forgoing beautiful form to put forward the unrepresentable. A book titled for this movement contrasts language games between the expert who knows and the philosopher who questions. Artworks by Van Gogh and Andy Warhol about shoes are contrasted in (15[1])a book identifying this movement as the (*) cultural logic of late capitalism. (10[1])The fracturing of meta-narratives characterizes this movement according to a book titled for it. For 10 points, name this intellectual movement whose condition titles (10[1])a Jean-Francois Lyotard book, often portrayed as an anti-objectivist reaction to modernity. ■END■

ANSWER: postmodernism [or word forms like postmodernity; accept The Postmodern Condition] (The first line refers to Jürgen Habermas’ The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity.)
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Justine FrenchU[C]SDClaremont6615
Will AlstonSGV VenturesALCU7810
Anderson WangAnderson et al.Jason et al.10210

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2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%33%0%82.00
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