Quotes by Adair, Gilbert

The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When i >>

We need cancer because, by the very fact of its insurability, it makes >>

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, >>

Quotations about Modern and Modernism

Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes i >>

Anyone who lives in this time is concerned with grottiness. >>

Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes >>

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.

Adair, Gilbert