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Postmodernism for Beginners Richard Appignanesi

Postmodernism for Beginners By Richard Appignanesi

Postmodernism for Beginners by Richard Appignanesi


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What on earth is postmodernism? This is a guide to the enigmatic concept which supposedly defines our cultural condition at the end of the 20th century. It takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the key ideas in the company of postmodern icons from Adorno and Lacan to Foucault and Eco.

Postmodernism for Beginners Summary

Postmodernism for Beginners by Richard Appignanesi

What on earth is postmodernism? This is a guide to the maddeningly enigmatic concept which is supposed to define the human cultural condition at the end of the 20th century. Postmodernism claims that "modernity" has collapsed, that the historical process which began with the enlightenment, industrialism, Darwin, Marx, Freud and so on has exhausted itself and there is no more "future", just an endlessly "contemporary" world full of endlessly contested meanings. This uncertainty has led to a postmodern culture which embodies parody, pastiche and cultural cross-over and claims as its own such diverse phenomena as Andy Warhol, neo-classical architecture and Mickey Mouse! This book takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through structuralism, deconstruction, cyberspace and semiotics in the company of the essential postmodern icons from Adorno and Lacan to Foucault and Umberto Eco.

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GOR002762546
9781874166214
1874166218
Postmodernism for Beginners by Richard Appignanesi
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Icon Books Ltd
1991-07-11
176
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