Novelty as a gateway to fiction

Novelty feels like progress — but what if it’s just a refined illusion? In his essay “Novelty as a Gateway to Fiction,” Colombian philosopher Bruno Elías Maduro dissects how capitalism weaponizes our fascination with “the new.” What seduces us as innovation often turns out to be repetition in disguise — a myth the market needs us to believe. Against this stands the raw force of reality: harsh, resistant, unyielding — yet inseparable from the fictions that make it bearable. Between illusion and the real, Maduro sketches a fragile equilibrium that defines human existence. A rigorous, unsettling reflection on desire, illusion, and the mechanics of modern life…
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
https://literatur.review/en/essay/novelty-gateway-fiction

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