Postmodernism for Beginners - Couverture souple

Appignanesi, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1874166218 ISBN 13 : 9781874166214

Editeur : Icon Books, 1995

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide By Richard Appignanesi

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1874166218
• ISBN 13: 9781874166214
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible