ISBN:
9780415060110
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Idea of the Postmodern : A History
DDC:
149
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Hans Berten's 〈I〉The Idea of the Postmodern〈/I〉 is the first introductory 〈I〉historical〈/I〉 overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and useful guide for today's student. An enjoyable and indispensable text
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; ANTI-MODERNISMS; MODERNISM, EXISTENTIALISM, POSTMODERNISM: THE 1970s; THE 1970s CONTINUED: ARCHITECTURE, THE VISUAL ARTS, POSTMODERNISMS; POSTMODERN DECONSTRUCTION: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE; THE 1980s: THEORIZING THE POSTMODERN CONDITION; ANTITHETICAL RADICALISMS: RICHARD RORTY AND JEAN BAUDRILLARD; FREDRIC JAMESON: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LOS ANGELES; POSTMODERN POLITICS; THE POSTMODERN AS A NEW SOCIAL FORMATION; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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