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Description of the Book: Postmodernism For Beginners
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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 crises 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 sci-fi, Buddhist ecology and teledildonics.
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Details of the Book: Postmodernism For BeginnersAuthor: Jim Powell Number Of Pages: 192 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0801858305 ISBN-13: 9781934389096 Language: English Amazon Sales Rank: 194291 Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: For Beginners Package Dimensions: 0.60 x 8.90 x 6.00 inches |
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