If nothing else, Anderson drives home the fact that those concerned with
postmodernism and postmodernity are, generally speaking, not the biggest
fans of capitalism. As Anderson indirectly reminds us, the work of
postmodernism is in many ways attempting to make sense of the inevitable
rise of the proletarian that never arose; the lack of dialectical
revolution, if you will. Presumably, these ideas are gather in collective effort of constructing what a successful counter-attach on capitalism as we know it might entail.

The Jameson was a powerful read. Here are a few thoughts and questions, to which I'd very much love to hear some input from others.

• "...if postmodernism is the substitute for the sixties and the compensation for their political failure, the question of Utopia would seem to be a crucial test of what is left of our capacity to imagine change at all" (p. xvi).

Let's speak, for a moment, about this issue of happiness. It was alluded to in a few earlier posts with regard to the desire for 'vegging out' at the movies, for contently complying with practices and ideologies of the current sociopolitical order, for breaking with this so-called 'system' whilst maintaining ones' sanity. In response, let me back up for a minute: