Modernity and postmodern culture
By: Jim McGuigan.
Series: Issues in cultural and media studies
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Buckingham [England]; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Postmodernism -- Social aspects; Culture; Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
Description: "Modernity and Postmodern Culture is a critical introduction to claims concerning the postmodernization of culture and society. Contemporary culture may be 'postmodern' in the sense of fluidity of meaning, changing power relations and commodification in art, entertainment and everyday life, but modernity persists in the dynamics of capitalist civilization, albeit in an increasingly reflexive mode characterized by widespread uncertainty about social existence, progress and rationality."--BOOK JACKET.

"The theories of Baudrillard, Beck, Castells, Giddens, Habermas, Haraway, Jameson, Lyotard and others on the contemporary scene are discussed, and specific issues concerning architecture, theme parks, screen culture, science, technology and the environment are examined. Jim McGuigan argues that there have been tensions between instrumental and critical reason throughout the history of modernity that are still being played out."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.