/lit/ - Literature

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Good on you reading Pynchon in order.
>I don't know who any of those people are, but maybe I've heard of what they've written. I'd appreciate if you elaborated on this:
As far as the philosophers are concerned: I think the works of Foucault are especially relevant. He talks about how or society deals with control, from a historical aspect. His ideas about social discipline, control of ideas through education, language, image of sexuality... He basically explains the means of control and repression in liberal democracy in the West. Derrida's ideas about how history is formed by texts referring to other texts is also relevant to GR.
>the quote
Yeah, i don't want to discuss, it was just the first thing i could think of to test a basic day to day understanding of the political consequences of postmodernism.
>Northern France
If you ever get the chance to visit La Coupole (pic related), do. It's worth a visit and it's the kind of installation Slothrop visits in Germany.
>German colonialism
I won't give you a history class, but reading at least the wikipedia page is kinda crucial to the herero plot if you ask me.
>Soviet's impact.
Idem, but what the Soviets did to language there is pretty much an example of Foucault's control through language which is touched upon in the book, also check West-Flemish post above about alphabets.
>City
I don't know how relevant this is, but it's a good test to see how much people know about the Vergeltungswaffe while reading GR.
>Historicism and postmodern history
Do try?
>Wallerstein
Read up on his world-system theory if you want, i guarrantee you it's relevant to GR. (Note that his world-system ≠ they)
>Military Industrial Complex
I could be wrong, but i'm pretty sure this was a big part of CoL49 as well. Read the wikipage at the very, very least. Ideally, read the Power Elite by Mills.
>psychology
Meh, i get it. Shame really, it's a core part of GR.

Did I miss anything? I'll try to answer all question as good as I can (which isn't that good to be honest, i'm nowhere near a scholar on postmodernism or Pynchon or WWII)