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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791166503321

Titolo

Beyond postmodernisM : onto the postcontemporary / / edited by Christopher K. Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6358-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

149.97

Soggetti

Postmodernism

Post-postmodernism

Philosophy, Modern - 21st century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; TO BE BORN IS TO DIE; EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD; WE HAVE NEVER BEEN GENDERED; LANGUAGE AND LITERATUREIN TRANSHUMANISM; AUTO-MODERNITY AFTER POSTMODERNISM; METAFICTIONIN THE POST-TECHNOLOGICAL AGE; THE MOST DANGEROUS PHILOSOPHERIN THE WEST-TO HIMSELF?SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK AND THE PERILSOF GOING PUBLIC; DEFINING THE POSTCONTEMPORARY MOMENT; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond Postmodernism: Onto the Postcontemporary is a collection designed to provide the reader with an alternative to viewing the world through the lens of Postmodernism. Contributors to this collection utilize and define such critical tools as transhumanism, post-post theory, posthumanism, and postcontemporary theory. Other essays focus on interpreting texts or genres, yielding impressive conclusions that were ""beyond"" the scope of postmodern discourse. Eclectic in nature, while examining wo...