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historical narratives, social narratives, moral narratives,
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in the postmodern age, because in the postmodern age
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everything is fragmented.
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Fragmentation is the hallmark of the postmodern for him.
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It has to do with the rise of global capitalism, and this is an argument
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that is related to Fredric Jameson's argument about postmodernism,
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and Jameson and Lyotard are parallel in their analysis.
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They give different value to this tradition--to this condition (sorry).
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Lyotard celebrates it.
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It's a kind of freedom for him, the freedom from the grand narrative.
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Jameson is much more skeptical about its qualities,
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and sees it largely as damaging to persons.