Le Book Club @ SAA: Jameson's "Postmodernism"

​Curated by writer and professor Ruby Thelot, this bi-weekly book club is a space for curious and creative minds to connect over sharp essays and engaging fiction. Each session invites open conversation around themes like modern life, cultural trends, digital identity, aesthetics, and the self.

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Postmodernism or the Logic of Late Capitalism

​Jameson’s seminal essay "Postmodernism" maps how culture, in the late capitalist era, has become inseparable from commerce, where "novelty" and innovation gives way to endless nostalgia, and style becomes surface. His diagnosis of a world saturated by pastiche and aesthetic recycling feels eerily prescient in today’s algorithm-driven culture, where TikTok trends, fashion cycles, and even identity are flattened into moodboards. If you feel like culture is in a rut, worry not the feeling was prevailing in 1991 as well.