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UNINA9910170999903321 |
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Autore |
Silverman Maxim |
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Titolo |
Facing postmodernity : contemporary French thought on culture and society / / Max Silverman |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
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1-134-79509-2 |
0-203-00335-7 |
1-280-11027-9 |
1-134-79510-6 |
9786610110278 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Postmodernism - France |
France Civilization 1945- |
France Intellectual life 20th century Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-190) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Facing Postmodernity explains French cultural theory by grounding it in the politics of the issues facing France today such as: * the breaking of the city * racism * the crisis of culture * new citizenship. It discusses some of the major responses to postmodernity by contemporary French thinkers, both the very well known -Lyotard, Levinas, Derrida - and those who will be less familiar to a non-French audience. In doing so, it addresses the questions central to the postmodern debate whatever country it takes place in; questions of history, of representation, identit |
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