The Passing of Postmodernism: Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary by Josh Toth (review)

Beloved’s narrative tells us, according to Toth, that the impossibility of social justice, authentic experience, and decision-making should not prevent us from sincerely striving for such things. The narrative also moves, Toth adds, beyond the postmodern imperative to deny the possibility of the specter’s materiality; it “passes on” the specter of postmodernism.