Altered states
Subtitle: postmodernism, politics, culture
By: edited by Mark Perryman.
Contributors: Perryman, Mark.
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart in association with Signs of the Times
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament -- Elections, 1992.; Socialism -- Great Britain.; Political culture -- Great Britain.; Postmodernism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.; Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997.
Description: Altered States looks back at the election of 1992 in the light of postmodern political theory and highlights some of the lessons to be learnt from that defeat. The contributors consider where the left is situated now, how the theoretical structures of postmodernism can be used to reassess that position, and suggest ways of forecasting the future.

Wide-ranging and polemical, Altered States rethinks the tenets of socialism, taking into account the globalisation of the media, diversity and identity and the new 'city-states', in a collection which both centres current debate and takes the discussion forward, laying a ground plan for a new and radical democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.