Hans Bertens

The Idea of the Postmodern (eBook, PDF)

A History

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Produktbeschreibung

Han Bertens' "The Idea of the Postmodern" is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and accessibile guide to the sometimes befuddling subject. In clear, straight forward, and always elegant prose, Bertens sets out the interdisciplinary aspects, the critical debates, the historical development and the key theorists of postmodernism. He also explains, in thoughtful and illuminating language, the relationship between postmodernism and poststructuralism, lucidly distinguishing modernism from postmodernism through an examination of the fields of architecture, visual arts, and photography. Emphasizing the importance played by heterogeneity and difference in postmodern culture, Bertens carefully and adroitly defines the characteristics of postmodernism at every turn of the page.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134928668
• Artikelnr.: 42980820

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