Synopses & Reviews
The words "postmodernism" and "postmodernity" have become pervasive throughout the humanities, but their meanings frequently seem difficult to pin down.
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.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Simon Malpas is Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Table of Contents
Part I: What is the Postmodern? * A Postmodern Fable--Jean-François Lyotard * Postmodernism and consumer Society--Fredric Jameson * Modernity: an Unfinished Project * Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism' Representation and Reality * The Gulf War: Is it Really Taking Place?--Jean Baudrillard * Deconstruction and Actuality--Jacques Derricda *
Part III: Marxism, Ideology and the Postmodern * Ideology,, Discourse and the Problems of "Post-Marxism"--Terry Eagleton * W Anti-Representationalists'--Richard Rorty *
Part IV: Postmodernity, Identity, Gender * Postmodernism and Feminisms'--Linda Hutcheon * Gender Trouble: From Parody to Politics--Judith Butler * Crises in Legitimation: Crossing the Great Voids * Part V: The Postcolonial and the Postmodern * Postmodern Blackness--Bell Hooks * Locations of Culture--Homi K. Bhabha * Part VI: The Politics of Modernity * Politics and the Limits of Modernity--Ernesto Laclau