Postmodernism

by Appignanesi, Richard

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Title Statements

Full title :Postmodernism / Richard Appignanesi & Chris Garratt ; with Ziauddin Sardar & Patrick Curry.

Summary

An illustrated guide to understanding postmodernism, tracing the movement back to its origins, and looking at its manifestation in art, politics and history, and philosophy.

What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world's cultural condition over the last three decades. "Introducing Postmodernism" tracks the idea back to its roots by taking a tour of some of the most extreme and exhilarating events, people and thought of the last 100 years: in art - constructivism, conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol; in politics and history - McCarthy's witch-hunts, feminism, Francis Fukuyama and the Holocaust; in philosophy - the work of Derrida, Baudrillard, Foucault and Heidegger. The book also explores postmodernism's take on today, and the anxious grip of globalisation, unpredictable terrorism and unforeseen war that greeted the dawn of the 21st century. Regularly controversial, rarely straightforward and seldom easy, postmodernism isnonetheless a thrilling intellectual adventure. "Introducing Postmodernism" is the ideal guide."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Icon Books, Totem Books
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2013.

Notes

"Previously published in the UK and Australia in 1995 under the title Postmodernism for beginners"--T.p. verso.

The Physical Object

Description:189 p. : : ill. ; : 17 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781840468496, 9780329820558, 1840468491, 0329820559
oclc:on1288675359
LC Classification:B831.2
Dewey Decimal:149/.97

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