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• Record Nr.: UNINA9910264052003321
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814454803321
• 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...