Postmodernism for beginners
By: Richard Appignanesi and Chris Garratt ; with Ziauddin Sardar and Patrick Curry.
Contributors: Garratt, Chris.; Sardar, Ziauddin.; Curry, Patrick.
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Postmodernism.; Civilization, Modern.; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
Description: "What is postmodernism? Here at last is a long overdue graphic study guide to the maddeningly enigmatic concept used to define our cultural condition in the late twentieth century." "Postmodernism claims that "modernity" which began with 'the Enlightenment', industrialism, Darwin and Marx, has collapsed. We now live in an endlessly 'contemporary culture' full of contested meanings. The resulting postmodern culture embodies parody, pastiche and cultural cross-over. It is a virtual world of hyperreality containing such strange phenomena as post-Holocaust amnesia, Disneyland, cyberspace, and Fukuyama's proclaimed 'end of history'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.