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Postmodern Debates
Readers in Cultural Criticism
ISBN/EAN: 9780333765357
Umbreit-Nr.: 2054403
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 192 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 20.06.2001
Auflage: 1/2001
- Zusatztext
- The words 'postmodernism' and 'postmodernity' have become pervasive throughout the humanities, but their meanings frequently seem difficult to pin down. Anyone with an interest in contemporary culture is likely, sooner or later, to face a wide range of questions, such as: what is the postmodern? How does it relate to the world today? Have we entered a new age in which the problems facing modernity are no longer relevant, or does modernity mark a new way of thinking about those same issues? How does cultural postmodernism shape our experiences of contemporary society? These are just some of the questions that are explored in this book. Postmodern Debates introduces modernity, postmodernism and postmodernity through a series of debates between prominent thinkers in literary theory, philosophy and cultural studies. The book explores this topic through thinkers who are at odds and encourages readers to consider the wide implications of postmodern thought in several areas.
- Kurztext
- Introduces students to postmodern debates through a wide variety of topics Very prestigious list of contributors, including Terry Eagleton and Jacques Derrida Accessible introduction which places the debates in context
- Autorenportrait
- SIMON MALPAS is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the editor of Selected Letters of William Cowper (Carcanet Publishers, 2000).