Here’s an earlier version of “Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” titled “Postmodernism and Consumer Society.” The arguments are not as developed as in the later essay, but it contains many of the same fundamental insights. I encourage you to read POTCLOLC– in part because it is so demanding for the uninitiated. But should you feel completely at sea, lost beyond reclamation, then put aside that text and read the other. Here’s a pdf version:

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