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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170999903321

Autore

Silverman Maxim

Titolo

Facing postmodernity : contemporary French thought on culture and society / / Max Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-79509-2

0-203-00335-7

1-280-11027-9

1-134-79510-6

9786610110278

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Social futures series

Disciplina

944.082

Soggetti

Postmodernism - France

France Civilization 1945-

France Intellectual life 20th century Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

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