[UA] Post-postmodern

[Benn Beaton]

well first of all you must consider the predicted (possibly even proven)
counters to postmodernism.  Essentially these are ecclecticism (sp) and
traditionalism.  To be postmodern is to reject the idea of a core
centralised narrative to describe the world.  To engage in a "new sincerity"
would seem to be a traditionalism and so in occult terms you would have a
rise in Authentic Thaumaturgy(sp damn i'm crap) and Avatar use, possibly
both.  However even this "new sincerity" (and if you have any philosophical
source material that would be really cool cos i'm coming out of baudrillard
and the other post structural bad boys of french philosophy/sociology) could
be seen as a postmodern expression dependant on how the tradition was
cobbled together.  I certainly wouldn't see any counter to the postmodernism
of UA being as constructive as you suggest after all the war on terror seems
to be very traditionally authoritarian and isnt all that.
To answer your question in reverse order.  think to the Mujahadeen and the
war on terror for how it manifests and to ordered control perhaps even
popular support as their means of dominance.

But seriously dude, nice idea.  Perhaps there is an opportunity here for a
slightly modified sleepers Order of St Cecil or New Inquisition.

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Justin Smith <justinsmith1974 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The setting of UA is post-modern, but PoMo has been dead and gone fore a
> while now, replaced by the ascending New Sincerity.  The dominant movers and
> shakers are ironic, but surely they must be dwindling with the paradigm
> shift.  This does not speak to the practical aspects, mystical or mundane,
> that go into the tools of the various Armies.  Post-Irony strikes me as less
> competitive.  The ideal of raising everyone up and never cutting anyone down
> seems like an invitation to a Darwin Award.  So my question is two-fold:
> What might this new generation do to secure its place, and as the postmodern
> world lays dying, what is the appearance of the New Sincerity world coming
> into being?
>
> Be More Awsome.
>
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