This article explores liquid realism's impact on instability in contemporary thought, suggesting it enhances engagement through fantasy, desire, and imagination.
Key Points
To propose liquid realism as a critical stance within metamodern methodology, emphasizing an encounter with instability and absence.
Analyzes the concepts of liquid modernity, hauntology, and structural lack.
Situates liquid realism within the discourse of metamodern oscillation.
Explores reactionary nostalgia and counter-folkloric practices through the work of David Southwell.
Liquid realism redefines realism away from representational fidelity; emphasizes mourning over melancholia.
Highlights how realism can resist restorative myth through reparative critique.