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The book "The Resurgence of the Real" by Charlene Spretnak is a book that critiques modernity and postmodernity, but also offers a proposal for how to move forward. It is divided into two parts: the first part critiques modernity and the second part critiques postmodernity. The book argues that both modernism and postmodernism have their roots in modernity, and that the distinction between the two is largely illusory. The book calls for a return to awareness of our context, our relationships to others, and our environment.
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The Resurgence of the Real is a fascinating proposal for correcting the ills of contemporary society. On the one hand, it offers an eloquent critique of modernity's tendency toward scientism and industrialism at the expense of holistic environmentalism. On the other hand, the distinction drawn between modernism and postmodernism turns out to be simplistic and largely illusory, for although Charlene Spretnak identifies her postmodernism as also "pre-modern," its origins and articulation are part and parcel of the modernist project. Still, her call to recover awareness of our context, our relationships to others and to our environment, is not only valid but necessary to our survival.
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