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The Postmodern Turn Résumé

The Postmodern Turn Steven Best

This book presents a groundbreaking analysis of the emergence of a postmodern paradigm in the arts, science, politics, and theory. From the authors of POSTMODERN THEORY, the much-acclaimed introduction to key postmodern thinkers and themes, THE POSTMODERN TURN ranges over diverse intellectual and artistic terrain--from architecture, painting, literature, music, and politics, to the physical and biological sciences. Critically engaging postmodern theory and culture, Steven Best and Douglas Kellner illuminate our momentous transition between a modernist past and a future struggling to define itself. Winner of the Michael Harrington Award for the best book of 1998

The Postmodern Turn Avis

"In Postmodern Theory, Best and Kellner examined the transformation and upheaval of contemporary social and cultural theory. In The Postmodern Turn, they complete the difficult task of extending and deepening their systematic analysis through a far-reaching and definitive survey of seismically active terrain in philosophy, science, and the arts." --Darrell Y. Hamamoto, PhD, University of California, Davis "Best and Kellner lead the reader on an illuminating and engaging journey through the often confusing and always contested terrain of postmodernity and its relations to modernity. Their masterful account maps the uneven development of social relations in recent decades, and the attempts of various theoretical, political and cultural movements around the world to advance, to oppose, and always to represent these changes in the context of their differing needs and desires. The authors' own position--respectful and critical of both modern and postmodern projects--provides a welcome respite from the 'culture wars' that all too often these days contain thinking about our pasts, presents, and possible futures. This is an essential text for readers in every discipline and of every political persuasion." --Sandra Harding, Professor of Education and Women's Studies, UCLA

À propos de Steven Best

Steven Best is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso. Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. They are also coauthors of The Postmodern Adventure, which continues their exploration of current developments in science, culture, and politics.

Sommaire

1. The Time of the Posts 2. Paths to the Postmodern: From Kierkegaard through Marx and Nietzsche 3. From the Society of Spectacle to the World of Simulation: Debord and Baudrillard 4. The Postmodern Turn in the Arts: From Architecture to Painting to the Culture of the Image 5. Entropy, Chaos, and Organism in Postmodern Science 6. The Postmodern Paradigm from Theory to Politics

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR004686292

ISBN 13

9781572302211

ISBN 10

1572302216

Titre

The Postmodern Turn Steven Best

Auteur

Steven Best

Série

Critical Perspectives

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

Guilford Publications

Année de publication

1998-05-07

Nombre de pages

306

Prix

N/A

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