Theatrical Tectonics: The Mediating Agent for a Contesting Practice by Gevork Hartoonian

“…The intention is to promote a discourse of criticality, the thematic of which is drawn from the symptoms that galvanise architecture’s rapport with the image-laden culture of late capitalism. In an attempt to log the thematic of a contested practice, this essay will re-map the recent history of contemporary architecture. …”
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Alt Lit, Illuminati Girl Gang and Porn Carnival: A Decade of Online Poetry Communities (2010-2020) by Laura Marie Marciano

“…The kind of twenty-first-century poetry that contains the language of late capitalism, products and brands, and resembles the syntax of text messaging, Instagram comments and memes, is a result of the collective rhetoric of a Millennial group of writers that came of age on the Internet. …”
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DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY by M. S. Zakharchenko

“…Author points out that the form of bureaucratic institutes in the late capitalism may cause the delegitimazation of their power. …”
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O romance português : 1974-2024 by Miguel Real

“…The novel in Portugal between 1974 and 2020 is divided into two phases: 1. 1974 and 2000: the Late Modernist or Neomodernist Novel, which socially and politically corresponds to Portugal's integration into Europe; 2. 2000-2020: the Post-Modern Novel, following the literary rhythm of Europe, corresponding to the phase of Late Capitalism. The main objective of Portuguese literature in the first phase is to modernize the country, to participate in European literature, to be as European as France. …”
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Discotheques, Magazines and Plexiglas: Superstudio and the Architecture of Mass Culture by Ross K. Elfline

“…Once again, such projects were beholden to advanced information technologies spawned by late capitalism.  Studying the neo-avant-garde gambits of Superstudio, therefore, allows us to understand the contradictions inherent in any attempt to contend with popular culture in all its paradoxical forms.…”
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The Legacy of Nineteen Eighty-Four: British Dystopias, from 1984 to the present day by Claire Wrobel

“…However, new concerns have also emerged in the “post-totalitarian dystopia”, in which late capitalism is a predatory force that devours humans and nature. …”
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Notes on Post-criticality: Towards an Architecture of Reflexive Modernisation by Robert Cowherd

“…In apparent rejection of the isolation and purity of critical architecture’s orthodoxy, Rem Koolhaas and others have chosen engagement with the forces (and commissions) of late capitalism to which the term ‘post-criticality’ has been applied. …”
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