GMD | BOOK |
Classification | 149 POW |
Publisher | For Beginners, 2007 |
Subject | PhilosophyPostmodernismCulturesMediaHistory / Social HistorySocial IssuesReligionArtBusiness & Economics / Economic History |
Description | If you are like most people, you’re not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject, it probably wouldn’t tell you.
Besides what a few grumpy critics claim, Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary, it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crisis of our time – the failure of the Enlightenment.
Jim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of “maps” that help people find their way through a changing world. Postmodernism For Beginners features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge, Jameson on mapping the postmodern, Baudrillard on the media, Harvey on time-space compression, Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze and Guattari on rhizomes. The book also discusses postmodern artifacts such as Madonna, cyberpunk, Buddhist ecology, and teledildonics. |
ISBN | 9781934389096 |
Additional ISBN | 1934389099 |
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