One way to understand the 'realism' of capitalist realism is in terms of the claim to have given up believe in the big Other. Postmodernism can be construed as the name for the complex of crises that the decline in the belief in the big Other has triggered, as Lyotard's famous formulation of the postmodern condition - 'incredulity towards meta-narratives' - suggests.

• realism
• capitalist realism
• belief
• narrative
• other
• post-modern
• death

The sorcerer is a Simple Realist: the world is real - but then so must consciousness be real since its effects are so tangible. The dullard finds even wine tasteless but the sorcerer can be intoxicated by the mere sight of water. Quality of perception defines the world of intoxication - but to sustain it & expand it to include others demands activity of a certain kind - sorcery.

• taoism
• consciousness
• perception
• intoxication
• awareness
• realism
• conditioning
• existence
• experience