Modernity’s institutional framework has itself been set in motion.

Evidence

In part 4 of this book I will attempt to justify the claim that for temporal-structural reasons modernity in fact finds itself in a transition to a phase that is posthistorical and hence postpolitical in a specific sense. … Thus the previously stable societal framework of modernity has literally been set in motion, both semantically and institutionally. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 552

Categorization

• QUESTION: The phrase ‘posthistorical… postpolitical’ is the forward hook for part 4 — curiosity worth chasing in the coming chapters.
• XREF: connects to: Modern institutions appear as external structures despite being mere effects of practices — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 28; Modernity is a political project institutionalizing conflicting principles, not a state of affairs — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 63; Modernity’s future is a teleology already accomplished, at once open and closed — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1279 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Modern institutions appear as external structures despite being mere effects of practices #expands (0.85) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 28
• Modernity is a deliberate power project, not a natural unfolding #expands (0.78) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 375
• Modernity is a political project institutionalizing conflicting principles, not a state of affairs #corroborates (0.75) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 63
• Modern political power worked by creating the appearance of an abstract order framing reality #expands (0.72) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 85
• Modernity’s future is a teleology already accomplished, at once open and closed #complicates (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1279