Postmodernism : a reader
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Postmodernism : a reader
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 491-511
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780745012421
Description
This book deals with the arguments over postmodernism. Going beyond the post-structuralist controversy in its interdisciplinary scope, postmodernism questions the fundamental civil, political, ethical, and cultural criteria which make criticism and theory available, legitimate, or, indeed, impossible. Yet since the key texts are widely scattered, the broad range of arguments remain relatively unknown. "Postmodernism: A Reader" gathers in one volume a comprehensive selection of articles, essays and statements by leading figures across the divergent terrains on which the struggles over postmodernism are taking place: in the fields of philosophy and politics, the artistic and cultural avant-garde, architecture feminism, ecology, peripheral or third world postmodernisms. The material brought together here enables a serious and rigorous consideration of the question "Are we at - and should we endorse - the end of modernity". The book offers a general introduction which provides a useful overview of the postmodernism debate, and section introductions which place the essay in their social, cultural and political context.
Table of Contents
- Postmodernism - an introduction. Part 1 Founding propositions: answering the question - what is postmodernism?, Lyotard
- note on the meaning of "post", Lyotard
- the entry into postmodernity, Habermas
- from postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism, Jameson. Part 2 Modernity complete and incomplete: modernity - an incomplete project, Habermas
- the structure of artistic revolutions, Vattimo
- the last days of liberalism, Cook
- the fall of the legislator, Bauman. Part 3 Aesthetic and cultural practices: toward a concept of postmodernism, Hassan
- from "introduction" to "Terpsichore in Sneakers", Banes
- the photographic activity of postmodernism, Crimp
- postmodernism in the visual arts, Crowther
- from "The Evil Demon of Images" and from "The Precession of Simulacra", Baudrillard
- the city of robots from "Travels in Hyperreality", Eco
- against intellectual complexity in music, Nyman. Part 4 Crisis in the avant-garde: the search for tradition, Huyssen
- from "Theory of the Avant-Garde", Burger
- the sublime and the avant-garde, Lyotard
- the international trans-avantgarde, Oliva. Part 5 Architecture and urbanicity: towards a critical regionalism, Frampton
- the emergent rules from "Postmodernism", Jencks
- the duck and the decorated shed, Venturi
- from "Postmodern", Portoghesi. Part 6 Politics: postmodernist bourgeois liberalism, Rorty
- politics and the limits of modernity, Laclau
- condition of post-Marxist man, Gorz
- toward a principle of evil, Baudrillard. Part 7 Feminism: feminism, reading, postmodernism from "The Pirate's Fiancee", Morris
- feminism and postmodernism, Lovibond
- social criticism without philosophy, Fraser and Nicholson
- the demise of experience, Jardine. Part 8 Periphery and postmodernism: postmodernism, or post-colonialism today, during
- postmodernism and periphery, Richard
- rereading Mandarin ducks and butterflies, Chow.
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: pbk ISBN 9780745012438
Description
This reader provides a selection of articles and essays by leading figures in the postmodernism debate.
Table of Contents
- Postmodernism: An Introduction
- 1: Founding Propositions
- 1: Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?
- 2: Note on the Meaning of 'Post-'
- 3: The Entry into Postmodernity: Nietzsche as a turning point
- 4: Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
- 2: Modernity Complete and Incomplete
- 5: Modernity - An Incomplete Project
- 6: The Structure of Artistic Revolutions
- 7: The Last Days of Liberalism
- 8: The Fall of the Legislator
- 3: Aesthetic and Cultural Practices
- 9: Toward a Concept of Postmodernism
- 10: Introduction to Terpsichore in Sneakers
- 11: The Photographic Activity of Postmodernism
- 12: Postmodernism in the Visual Arts: A question of ends
- 13: The Evil Demon of Images and The Precession of Simulacra
- 14: The City of Robots
- 15: Against Intellectual Complexity in Music
- 4: Crisis in the Avant-Garde
- 16: The Search for Tradition: Avant-garde and postmodernism in the 1970s
- 17: The Negation of the Autonomy of Art by the Avant-Garde
- 18: The Sublime and the Avant-Garde
- 19: The International Trans-Avant-Garde
- 5: Architecture and Urbanicity
- 20: Toward a Critical Regionalism: Six points for an architecture of resistance
- 21: The Emergent Rules
- 22: The Duck and the Decorated Shed
- 23: Postmodern
- 6: Politics
- 24: Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism
- 25: Politics and the Limits of Modernity
- 26: The Condition of Post-Marxist Man
- 27: Toward a Principle of Evil
- 7: Feminism
- 28: Feminism, Reading, Postmodernism
- 29: Feminism and Postmodernism
- 30: Social Criticism without Philosophy: An encounter between feminism and postmodernism
- 31: The Demise of Experience: Fiction as stranger than truth?
- 8: Periphery and Postmodernism
- 32: Postmodernism or Post-colonialism Today
- 33: Postmodernism and Periphery
- 34: Rereading Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies: A response to the 'postmodern' condition
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