Hans Bertens

The Idea of the Postmodern

A History

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Produktbeschreibung

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 enjoyable and indispensible text for today's student.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780415060127
• ISBN-10: 0415060125
• Artikelnr.: 22179472

Autorenporträt

Hans Bertens is Professor and Director of American Studies at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has written extensively on the subjects of postwar fiction, popular literature, mass culture, and postmodern theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Postmodernisms 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ANTI-MODERNISMS 3 MODERNISM,
EXISTENTIALISM, POSTMODERNISM: THE 1970s 4 THE 1970s CONTINUED:
ARCHITECTURE, THE VISUAL ARTS, POSTMODERNISMS 5 POSTMODERN DECONSTRUCTION:
THE POLITICS OF CULTURE Part II ...and postmodernities 6 THE 1980s:
THEORIZING THE POSTMODERN CONDITION 7 ANTITHETICAL RADICALISMS: RICHARD
RORTY AND JEAN BAUDRILLARD 8 FREDRIC JAMESON: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LOS
ANGELES 9 POSTMODERN POLITICS 10 THE POSTMODERN AS A NEW SOCIAL FORMATION
11 CONCLUSION