Postmodernism

• Enjoyable discussion of a subject popular amongst students and general readers interested in contemporary culture
• Covers a wide range of theorists, artists, and writers
• Highlights the positive and negative aspects of postmodernism
• Examines the aesthetic, philosophical, and political realms of postmodernism
• Chris Butler writes lucidly and perceptively

Readership: Students of art and literary theory; general readers interested in contemporary culture.

Christopher Butler, Professor of English Literature and a Fellow of Christ Church College, Oxford University

"a pre-eminently sane, lucid, and concise statement about the central issues, the key examples, and the notorious derilections of postmodernism. I feel a fresh wind blowing away the miasma coiling around the topic. " - Ihab Hassan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

"the most intellectually incisive, coherent and comprehensive meditation upon the history and significance of postmodernism that I have yet encountered." - Patricia Waugh, University of Durham

"easily the best introduction to postmodernism currently available" - Hans Bertens, Utrecht University

1: The rise of postmodernism
2: New ways of seeing the world
3: Politics and identity
4: The culture of postmodernism
5: The 'postmodern condition'
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