Synopses & Reviews
The arguments over postmodernism are among the most important intellectual debates of our time. Going beyond the poststructuralist controversy in its interdisciplinary scope, postmodernism questions the fundamental civil, political, ethical, and cultural criteria that make criticism and theory available, necessary, legitimate, or, indeed, even possible. But given that the key texts are widely scattered, the broad range of arguments remains relatively unknown.
Postmodernism: A Reader gathers in one volume a comprehensive selection of articles, essays, and statements by leading figures -- among them Lyotard, Habemas, Jameson, Baudrillard, Eco, and Rorty -- writing across the divergent terrains on which the struggles over postmodernism are taking place: in the fields of philosophy and politics, in the artistic and cultural avant-garde, architecture and urbanicity, feminism and ecology, and in the Third world. The material assembled here enables a serious and rigorous consideration of the question Are we at -- and should we endore -- the end of modernity?
Synopsis
Postmodernism: A Reader gathers in one volume a comprehensive selection of articles, essays and statements by leading figures among them Leotard, Habermas, James on, Baudrillard, Ego, and Rorty writing across the divergent terrains on which the struggles over postmodernism are taking place: in the fields of philosophy and politics, in the artistic and cultural avant-garde, architecture and urbanicity, feminism and ecology, and in the Third World.
Synopsis
Postmodernism: A Reader is a choice, comprehensive selection of articles, essays and statements that define the end of modernism in the fields of philosophy and politics, the artistic and cultural avant-garde, architecture and urbanicity, feminism and ecology, and peripheral and Third World postmodernisms.
The writings found in this spirited collection enable readers to consider seriously and respond to the question, Are we at--and should we endorse--the end of modernity?
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-511) and index.
About the Author
Thomas Docherty is Professor of English at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of Reading (Absent) Character, John Donne Undone, On Modern Authority, and After Theory: Postmodernism/Postmarxism.