The Emergence of Post-Modernity Through Liberalism, Capitalism, and Secularism: The Center Cannot Hold - Couverture rigide

McManus, Matthew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030989690 ISBN 13 : 9783030989699

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022

Synopsis

This book is a systematic and thorough analysis of what post-modernity is and how it emerged. It distinguishes between those who regard post-modernity as a theoretical approach and those who regard it as a culture, and argues that interpreting post-modernity as a culture is more fruitful. It discusses the three factors which led to its emergence, namely liberalism, capitalism, and secularism, highlighting their respective influence in generating the culture of post-modernity within neoliberal societies.

The volume provides a lengthy analysis of neoliberal post-modernity in practice, arguing that post-modernism is the cultural condition of neoliberal societies in the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries. Until recently it seemed that neoliberal post-modernity was here to stay, framed by relationship to freedom and time which stressed individual agency but precluded the possibility of historical change at the political level. However, the Great Recession of2008 opened new spaces for agitation and transformation which has resulted in the discordant politics of the last decade. This book will be of interest to scholars working in a number of fields, including economic policy, cultural analysis, political theory, and social critique.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

​Matthew McManus is Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030989690
• ISBN 13: 9783030989699
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
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