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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 a book identifying this movement as the (*) cultural logic of late capitalism. (10[1])The fracturing of meta-narratives (10[1])characterizes this movement according to a book titled for it. For 10 (10[1])points, name this intellectual movement whose condition titles a Jean-Francois Lyotard book, often portrayed as an anti-objectivist reaction (-5[1])to modernity. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: postmodernism [or word forms like postmodernity; accept The Postmodern Condition] (The first line refers to Jürgen Habermas’s The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A7810
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BJohns Creek8210
Jacob RosenbergInnovation Academy CInnovation Academy B9410
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AMississippi State112-5
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CMilton11510
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy A11510

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