The Postmodern (New Critical Idiom)
The Postmodern (New Critical Idiom)
ISBN: 9780415280655
出版社: Routledge
出版年: 2005-01-07
页数: 160
定价: USD 21.95
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
HOW CAN ONE UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PRESENT?
WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN TO SAY THE WORLD HAS BECOME POSTMODERN?
Simon Malpas investigates the theories and definitions of postmodernism and postmodernity, and explores their impact in such areas as identity, history, art, literature and culture. In attempting to locate the essence of the postmodern, and the contrasting experiences of postmodernity in the Western and developing worlds, he looks closely at:
· modernism and postmodernism
· modernity and postmodernity
· subjectivity
· history
· politics
This useful guidebook will introduce students to a range of key thinkers who have sought to question the contemporary situation, and will enable readers to begin to approach the primary texts of postmodern theory and culture with confidence.