An introduction to and critique of the latest trends in critical theory.

Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations (Communications and Culture, 4)

Literature & Fiction

Best, Steven

History & Criticism

Red Globe Press

Simon Best's cartoons portray the world in a unique fashion. In this collection of his cartoons the reader can discover the secret of the Mona Lisa's smile and the dangers of looking like a sex machine.

The Bestie Things in Life

Arts & Photography

JARROLD PUB.

In this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today. Best and Kellner provide: * An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory * A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity * A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies. The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.

Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kellner,Douglas

Exercise & Fitness

The Guilford Press

Postmodern Theory

Reference

Providing an important contribution to current controversies regarding history, social theory, politics, and the Foucault - Habermas debates, this work offers a detailed comparison of the transformative uses of history in Foucault and Habermas, using Marx as a modernist contrast. The book clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each thinker's theory for the productive analysis of history and society, relating the work of each to current debates over modern and postmodern theory. 

The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, Habermas

History

Americas

Providing an important contribution to current controversies regarding history, social theory, politics, and the Foucault - Habermas debates, this work offers a detailed comparison of the transformative uses of history in Foucault and Habermas, using Marx as a modernist contrast. The book clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each thinker's theory for the productive analysis of history and society, relating the work of each to current debates over modern and postmodern theory.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

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

The Postmodern Turn (Critical Perspectives)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

The Postmodern Adventure: Science, Technology, and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

Massive geopolitical shifts and dramatic developments in computerization and biotechnology are heralding the transformation from the modern to the postmodern age. We are confronted with altered modes of work, communication, and entertainment; new postindustrial and political networks; novel approaches to warfare; genetic engineering; and even cloning. This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the success of Best and Kellner s two previous books: Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field, and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments in the arts, politics, science, and theory. In The Postmodern Adventure, Best and Kellner analyze a broad array of literary, cultural, and political phenomena--from fiction, film, science, and the Internet, to globalization and the rise of a transnational image culture. They use the best of modern and postmodern perspectives to illuminate contemporary life and to strive for a just and viable future. Gold Medal Winner in Philosophy--ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards

Massive geopolitical shifts and dramatic developments in computerization and biotechnology are heralding the transformation from the modern to the postmodern age. We are confronted with altered modes of work, communication, and entertainment; new postindustrial and political networks; novel approaches to warfare; genetic engineering; and even cloning. This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the success of Best and Kellner s two previous books: Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field, and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments in the arts, politics, science, and theory. In The Postmodern Adventure, Best and Kellner analyze a broad array of literary, cultural, and political phenomena--from fiction, film, science, and the Internet, to globalization and the rise of a transnational image culture. They use the best of modern and postmodern perspectives to illuminate contemporary life and to strive for a just and viable future.  Gold Medal Winner in Philosophy--ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards

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Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations (Communications and Culture, 4)

The Bestie Things in Life

Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations

Postmodern Theory

The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, Habermas

The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, Habermas

The Postmodern Turn

The Postmodern Turn (Critical Perspectives)

The Postmodern Adventure: Science, Technology, and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

The Postmodern Adventure: Science, Technology, and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium