Flexible postmodernism couples economic ephemerality with cultural commitments to place and being

Evidence

Postmodernist flexibility, on the other hand, is dominated by fiction, fantasy, the immaterial (particularly of money), fictitious capital, images, ephemerality, chance, and flexibility in production techniques, labour markets and consumption niches; yet it also embodies strong commitments to Being and place, a penchant for charismatic politics, concerns for ontology, and the stable institutions favoured by neo-conservatism. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2102

Categorization

• XREF: The immateriality of money and fictitious capital connects directly to the reader’s project on how economic shifts (flexible accumulation) drive cultural postmodernism. — connects to: Flexible capital’s ephemerality atomizes workers and enables individualism — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1049; Fordist modernity stabilized its economy to enable change while flexible postmodernism reverses this — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 2102; Postmodernism’s breadth as a term lets it mediate between economic and cultural life. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 16 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodernism’s breadth as a term lets it mediate between economic and cultural life. #expands (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 16