Limits of Integration into Modern World or Selfie with Anamorphosis

Abstract

Over the past three decades, the new populated territories from the European peripheries, formerly secured from any dangers of distruction, fell under the influence of postmodernity. This has been accompanied by people’s natural desire to take a chance to join the West that was a long-cherished dream for them. However, the intention to integrating into the modern world faces challenges posted by the same postmodern destructive processes. The very possibility to integrate is under question, since Lyotard declared the end of meta-narratives, and Baudrillard argued the authenticity of postmodern society. The overall image of the West, the Europe, emerged at times of Modernity, doesn’t reflect the processes occurring in reality any more. All the basic concepts, which European meta-narrations were built upon the time of Modernity, are now mutilated beyond recognition. No longer are we able to recognize the Europe to integrate with, other than through our own implicit imagination. Just only because of its existence according to categories of modern we imagine the Europe has become available for free access now. These are the peripheries which, due to their archaic and traditional character, give meaning to the recent Europe. That is a reason the Europe, in turn, needs in us. We recreate the Europe having it on the pictorial background, while catching the image which only makes sense from our point of view. This constitutes the phenomenon of anamorphosis Phd, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, heydar_01@hotmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0129-2511. Limits of Integration into Modern World or Selfie with Anamorphosis Beynəlxalq Metafizika Mərkəzi DOI 10.33864/MTFZK. Metafizika jurnalı ISSN 2616-6879 (Print) 2019, cild 2, say 2, sıra 6 ISSN 2617-751X (Online) 42 of nonexistence. Thus, the integration is just a posting of our presence to nonexistence, which we give importance to – the way we create the image while taking “selfie” with anamorphosis.