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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827095403321

Autore

Bertens Johannes Willem

Titolo

The idea of the postmodern : a history / / Hans Bertens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-92865-3

1-134-92866-1

0-203-35932-1

1-280-05001-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

149

306

Soggetti

Philosophy - History - 20th century

Postmodernism

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; ANTI-MODERNISMS; MODERNISM, EXISTENTIALISM,  POSTMODERNISM: THE 1970's; THE 1970's CONTINUED: ARCHITECTURE,  THE VISUAL ARTS, POSTMODERNISMS; POSTMODERN DECONSTRUCTION: THE POLITICS  OF CULTURE; THE 1980's: THEORIZING THE POSTMODERN  CONDITION; ANTITHETICAL RADICALISMS: RICHARD  RORTY AND JEAN BAUDRILLARD; FREDRIC JAMESON: FEAR AND LOATHING  IN LOS ANGELES; POSTMODERN POLITICS; THE POSTMODERN AS A NEW SOCIAL FORMATION; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At last! Everything you ever wanted to know about postmodernism but were afraid to ask. Hans Bertens' Postmodernism is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and accessible guide for the bemused student. In clear and straightforward but always elegant prose, Bertens sets out the interdisciplinary aspects, the critical debates and the key theorists of postmodernism. He also explains, in thoughtful and illuminating language, the relationship between postmodernism and poststructuralism, and that between modernism and postmodernism. An enjoy...