Quotes about Modernity

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Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were ju — Alan Moore
Fukuyama’s thesis that history has climaxed with liberal capitalism may have been widely derided, but it is accepted, ev — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
What emerges from these separate strands of (modern) history is an image of man himself that bears a new, stark, more ne — William Barrett, Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automati — John Masefield, The Box Of Delights
This gesture is one of the motifs of modernity's turn against the principle of imitating nature, that is to say, imitati — Peter Sloterdijk, Du mußt dein Leben ändern
All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Yes, being black is a full-time job: sometimes you are invisible, other times you are hyper-visible,” he says. “Sometime — Paul Beatty, The Sellout
I now understand that I would never have been able to become a plausible critic of the absurdities of modern consciousne — Thomas C. Oden, A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir
And think about the precise meaning of that term: a Narcissus is not proud. A proud man has disdain for other people, he — Milan Kundera, The Festival of Insignificance
The common-sense notion that 'There is a time and place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which r — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When we pick up the newspaper at breakfast, we expect - we even demand - that it brings us momentous events since the ni — Daniel J. Boorstin
The machines men are so intent on making have carried them very far from the old sweet things. — Sherwood Anderson, Poor White
I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernit — Sara Sheridan
Hitting "like" on a social media platform is the modern day version of clapping at the end of a performance. — J.R. Rim
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
It is their duty to be infantile, even against their inclination. — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
In February 1912, ancient China came to an end when the last of three millennia of Chinese emperors abdicated.Imagine tw — Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History
Search engines finds the information, not necessarily the truth. — Amit Kalantri