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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461383703321

Autore

Zima P. V

Titolo

Modern/postmodern [[electronic resource] ] : society, philosophy, literature / / Peter V. Zima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-283-20273-5

9786613202734

1-4411-1289-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

149/.97

Soggetti

Postmodernism

Postmodernism (Literature)

Modernism (Literature)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated version of Moderne/postmoderne : gesellschaft, philosophie, literatur. Tùˆbingen-Basel : Francke, 2001. (2nd ed.).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Modernity - Modernism - Postmodernity: Attempting a Definition; Chapter 2 Modernity and Postmodernity in a Sociological Perspective; Chapter 3 Postmodern Philosophies as Critiques of Modernity; Chapter 4 Modernism and Postmodernism: Literary Criticism; Chapter 5 From Modern to Postmodern Literature: Ambivalence, Indifference and Ideology; Chapter 6 Dialogical Theory: Between the Universal and the Particular; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Modern/Postmodern: Society, Philosophy, Literature offers new definitions of modernism and postmodernism by presenting an original theoretical system of thought that explains the differences between these two key movements. Taking a contrastive approach, Peter V. Zima identifies three key concepts in the relationship between modernism and postmodernism - ambiguity, ambivalence and indifference. Zima defines modernism and postmodernism as problematics, as opposed to aesthetics, stylistics or ideologies. Unlike modernism, which is grounded in an increasing ambivalence towards social norms and va