The post-modern reader
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The post-modern reader
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Wiley, c2011
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780470748664
Description
Post-Modernism has been debated, attacked and defended for over three decades. It is, however, not just a fashion or style but part of a greater movement in all areas of culture, and one which stubbornly persists like its parent, Modernism. The Post-Modern Reader is a seminal anthology that presents this trend in all its diversity, as a convergence in architecture and literature, sociology and cultural theory, feminism and theology, science and economics.
For this new edition, editor Charles Jencks has provided an entirely new definitive introductory essay 'What Then Is Post-Modernism?' that reflects on the movement's coming of age. The book also encompasses essential classic texts on the subject by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi, while incorporating new articles by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, John Gray, Ihab Hassan and Anatole Kaletsky. Each text is introduced and contextualized got the reader with a new short introductory passage.
A new edition of a classic anthology of 26 texts covering the full gamut of Post-Modern thought from architecture and literature to economics and theology.
The Reader includes key texts by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi.
A book edited by the most influential figure behind the Post-Modern movement - Charles Jencks.
A timely and informative publication for students that captures the renewed interest in Post-Modernism.
Table of Contents
Preface
Charles Jencks 8
Post-Modernism - The Ism that Returns
Part 1 Defining the Post-Modern 12
Charles Jencks 14
What Then Is Post-Modernism?
Jean-Francois Lyotard 38
Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?
Andreas Huyssen 54
Mapping the Postmodern
Margaret A Rose 65
Defining the Post-Modern
Part 2 Literature and Architecture 82
John Barth 84
The Literature of Replenishment
Umberto Eco 95
The Postscript to The Name of the Rose: Postmodernism, Irony, the Enjoyable
Linda Hutcheon 98
Theorising the Postmodern: Towards a Poetics
Ihab Hassan 114
From Postmodernism to Postmodernity: The Local/Global Context
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 125
Pillars and Posts: Foundations and Future of Post-Modernism
Jane Jacobs 138
The Kind of Problem a City Is
Robert Venturi 151
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Charles Jencks 162
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture and the Complexity Paradigm
Paolo Portoghesi 178
What Is the Postmodern?
Part 3 Sociology, Economics, Feminism, Science 186
Zygmunt Bauman 188
Is There a Postmodern Sociology?
David Harvey 199
The Condition of Postmodernity
Robin Murray 220
Fordism and Post-Fordism
Anatole Kaletsky 232
9/15 - The Birthpangs of Post-Modern Economics?
Susan Rubin Suleiman 243
Feminism and Postmodernism: A Question of Politics
Craig Owens 260
The Discourse of Others: Feminists and Postmodernism
Tito Arecchi 279
Chaos and Complexity
John Gray 284
Evangelical Atheism, Secular Christianity
David Ray Griffin 292
The Reenchantment of Science
David Bohm 314
Postmodern Science and a Postmodern World
Charles Birch 324
The Postmodern Challenge to Biology
Edward Goldsmith 332
Gaia and Evolution
Index 344
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: hbk ISBN 9780470748671
Description
The reader reprints extracts of key historical texts - those of Daniel Bell on the post-industrial society and Jean-Francois Lyotard on the post-modern condition. The new cultural logic of contested pluralism is analysed in seminal papers by Andreas Hyssen and Jim Collins. The fundamental ideas on post-modern literature are defined by Umberto Eco, John Barth and David Lodge and the theories they present challenge the notion of post-modernism as an ultra avant-garde movement and the expression of a consumer society. For this second edition of the book, Charles Jencks presents a new overview of the Post-Modern, reflecting its maturity as a movement.
Table of Contents
Preface. Charles Jencks: Post-Modernism - The Ism that Returns. Part 1 Defining the Post-Modern. Charles Jencks: What Then Is Post-Modernism? Jean-Francois Lyotard: Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism? Andreas Huyssen: Mapping the Postmodern. Margaret A Rose: Defining the Post-Modern. Part 2 Literature and Architecture. John Barth: The Literature of Replenishment. Umberto Eco: The Postscript to The Name of the Rose: Postmodernism, Irony, the Enjoyable. Linda Hutcheon: Theorising the Postmodern: Towards a Poetics. Ihab Hassan: From Postmodernism to Postmodernity: The Local/Global Context. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Pillars and Posts: Foundations and Future of Post-Modernism. Jane Jacobs: The Kind of Problem a City Is. Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. Charles Jencks: The Language of Post-Modern and the Complexity Paradigm. Paolo Portoghesi: What Is the Postmodern? Part 3 Sociology, Economics, Feminism, Science. Zygmunt Bauman: Is There a Postmodern Sociology? David Harvey: The Condition of Postmodernity. Robin Murray: Fordism and Post-Fordism. Anatole Kaletsky: 9/15 - The Birthpangs of Post-Modern Economics? Susan Rubin Seleiman: Feminism and Postmodernism: A Question of Politics. Craig Owens: The Discourse of Others: Feminists and Postmodernism. Tito Arecchi: Chaos and Complexity. John Gray: Evangelical Atheism, Secular Christianity. David Ray Griffin: The Reenchantment of Science. David Bohm: Postmodern Science and a Postmodern World. Charles Birch: The Postmodern Challenge to Biology. Edward Goldsmith: Gaia and Evolution. Index.
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