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' References Further reading Index