Modern/postmodern : society, philosophy, literature
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Modern/postmodern : society, philosophy, literature
Continuum, c2010
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Moderne/Postmoderne
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Note
"Updated version of Moderne/Postmoderne. Gesellschaft, Philosophie, Literatur, Tübingen-Basel, Francke, 2001 (2nd ed.)"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-290) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Modern/Postmodern: Society, Philosophy, Literature offers new definitions of modernism and postmodernism by presenting an original theoretical system of thought that explains the differences between these two key movements. Taking a contrastive approach, Peter V. Zima identifies three key concepts in the relationship between modernism and postmodernism - ambiguity, ambivalence and indifference. Zima defines modernism and postmodernism as problematics, as opposed to aesthetics, stylistics or ideologies. Unlike modernism, which is grounded in an increasing ambivalence towards social norms and values, postmodernity is presented as an era of indifference, i.e. of interchangeable norms, values and perspectives. Taking an historical, interdisciplinary and intercultural approach that engages with Anglo-American and European debates, the book describes the transition from late modernist ambivalence to postmodern indifference in the contexts of philosophy, literature and sociology. This is the ideal guide to the relationship between modernism and postmodernism for students and scholars throughout the humanities.
Table of Contents
- 1. Defining Modernity and Postmodernity
- 2. Modernity and Postmodernity in a Sociological Perspective
- 3. Postmodern Philosophies as Critiques of Modernity
- 4. Modernism and Postmodernism: The Critical Debates
- 5. From Modernist to Postmodernist Literature: Ambivalence, Indifference and Ideology
- 6. Dialogical Theory: Between Universalism and Particularism
- Bibliography
- Index.
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