The words "postmodernism" and "postmodernity" have become pervasive throughout the humanities, but their meanings frequently seem difficult to pin down. Postmodern Debates introduces modernity, postmodernism, and postmodernity through a series of debates between prominent thinkers in literary theory, philosophy, and cultural studies. The book explores this topic through thinkers who are at odds and encourages readers to consider the wide implications of postmodern thought in several areas.
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'An extremely useful and useable collection of readings which includes everything necessary for a survey of postmodern philosophical positions.' - Stefan Herbrechter, Trinity and All Saints University College, UK
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Simon Malpas is Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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- Ideology: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton on 6 pages
- The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10) by Jean-Francois Lyotard on 4 pages
- The Politics of Postmodernism (New Accents) by Linda Hutcheon on 4 pages
- The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity by Jurgen Habermas in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Postmodern Fables by Jean-Francois Lyotard in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Postmodern (The New Critical Idiom) by Simon Malpas in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Fiction After the Fatwa: Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe (Costerus NS 153) by Madelena Gonzalez on page 25, and Back Matter
- Postmodern, Feminist and Postcolonial Currents in Contemporary Japanese Culture : a reading of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin by Murakami Fuminobu on page 11, and Back Matter
- The Postmodern (The New Critical Idiom) by Simon Malpas in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Conceptualising Marketing Communication in the New Marketing Paradigm: A Postmodern Perspective by Wilson F. Ozuem in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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