Introducing Postmodernism

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Seria:	Introducing
Wydawnictwo:	Icon Books
Oprawa:	Miękka
Rok wydania:	2013
Ilość stron:	176

Opis

What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, "The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism?This Graphic Guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world''s cultural condition over the last three decades.Introducing Postmodernism tracks the idea back to its roots by taking a tour of some of the most extreme and exhilarating events, people and thought of the last 100 years: in art - constructivism, conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol in politics and history - McCarthy''s witch-hunts, feminism, Francis Fukuyama and the Holocaust in philosophy - the work of Derrida, Baudrillard, Foucault and Heidegger.The book also explores postmodernism''s take on today, and the anxious grip of globalisation, unpredictable terrorism and unforeseen war that greeted the dawn of the 21st century.Regularly controversial, rarely straightforward and seldom easy, postmodernism is nonetheless a thrilling intellectual adventure. Introducing Postmodernism is the ideal guide.

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Szczegóły

Autorzy: Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt
Wydawnictwo Icon Books
Seria Introducing
Ilość stron: 176
Oprawa: Miękka
Rok wydania: 2013
Stan: nowy, pełnowartościowy produkt
Model: 9781840468496
ISBN: 9781840468496
EAN: 9781840468496
Język: angielski
Wymiary: 12.0x17.0x1.4 cm
Dane producenta: Harper Collins Publishers, Westerhill Road Bishopbriggs, G64 2QT Glasgow, Wielka Brytania

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