Keywords
Theory
Surface
Postmodernity
Literary Criticism
Fredric Jameson
Antonio Gramsci
Surface
Postmodernity
Literary Criticism
Fredric Jameson
Antonio Gramsci
How to Cite
Gatto, M. (2025). Authoritarianism of Surfaces and Anti-Theoretical Ideologies. Considerations on Advanced Postmodernity. International Gramsci Journal, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.14276/igj.v6i2.5153
Received 2025-08-03
Accepted 2025-09-16
Published 2025-12-31
Accepted 2025-09-16
Published 2025-12-31
Abstract
The essay explores the developments in cultural and literary theory over the last forty years, identifying adherence to postmodernity as its main direction. In particular, it discusses the transition from theory to a narrative form of theoretical discourse, the most obvious consequences of which are captured in a new logic of the surface that reveals genuine anti-theoretical temptations at work in a not insignificant part of contemporary thought.
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