Author: Mark Bevir
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135776636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Histories of Postmodernism reexamines the history of the constellation of ideas and thinkers associated with postmodernism. The increasingly dominant historical narrative depicts a relatively smooth development of ideas from Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger, through a range of French theorists, most notably Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, to contemporary American thinkers such as Richard Rorty, Edward Said, and Judith Butler. Histories of Postmodernism challenges this narrative by highlighting the local contexts of relevant theorists and thus the crucial distinctions that divide successive articulations of the themes and concepts associated with postmodernism. As postmodern ideas traveled from nineteenth-century Germany to mid-twentieth-century France and on to the contemporary United States, so the relevant theorists transformed that heritage within the context of particular intellectual traditions and specific political and aesthetic issues.
Histories of Postmodernism
Author: Mark Bevir
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415514705
Category : Postmodernism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Histories of Postmodernism reexamines the history of the constellation of ideas and thinkers associated with postmodernism. As postmodern ideas traveled from mid-twentieth century France and on to the contemporary United States, so the relevant theorists transformed that heritage within the context of particular intellectual traditions and specific political and aesthetic issues.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415514705
Category : Postmodernism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Histories of Postmodernism reexamines the history of the constellation of ideas and thinkers associated with postmodernism. As postmodern ideas traveled from mid-twentieth century France and on to the contemporary United States, so the relevant theorists transformed that heritage within the context of particular intellectual traditions and specific political and aesthetic issues.
Postmodernism in History
Author: Beverley Southgate
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134405340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book traces the philosophical precursors of postmodernism and identifies the roots of current concerns. Beverley Southgate describes the core constituents of postmodernism and provides a lucid and profound analysis of the current concerns.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134405340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book traces the philosophical precursors of postmodernism and identifies the roots of current concerns. Beverley Southgate describes the core constituents of postmodernism and provides a lucid and profound analysis of the current concerns.
Rethinking History
Author: Keith Jenkins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134408285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer. If you want to explore this tantalising subject, where do you start? What are the critical skills you need to begin to make sense of the past? The perfect introduction to this thought-provoking area, Jenkins' clear and concise prose guides readers through the controversies and debates that surround historical thinking at the present time, providing them with the means to make their own discoveries.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134408285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer. If you want to explore this tantalising subject, where do you start? What are the critical skills you need to begin to make sense of the past? The perfect introduction to this thought-provoking area, Jenkins' clear and concise prose guides readers through the controversies and debates that surround historical thinking at the present time, providing them with the means to make their own discoveries.
The Story of Post-Modernism
Author: Charles Jencks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119960096
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes. The book is highly visual. As well as providing a chronological account of the movement, each chapter also has a special feature on the major works of a given period. The first up-to-date narrative of Post-Modern Architecture - other major books on the subject were written 20 years ago. An accessible narrative that will appeal to students who are new to the subject, as well as those who can remember its heyday in the 70s and 80s.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119960096
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes. The book is highly visual. As well as providing a chronological account of the movement, each chapter also has a special feature on the major works of a given period. The first up-to-date narrative of Post-Modern Architecture - other major books on the subject were written 20 years ago. An accessible narrative that will appeal to students who are new to the subject, as well as those who can remember its heyday in the 70s and 80s.
The History of Postmodern Architecture
Author: Heinrich Klotz
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
provides a fascinating, clear, and provocative definition of the phenomena of postmodernism, particularly in relation to the major ideas of modernism
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
provides a fascinating, clear, and provocative definition of the phenomena of postmodernism, particularly in relation to the major ideas of modernism
The Idea of the Postmodern
Author: Hans Bertens
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134928653
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At last! Everything you ever wanted to know about postmodernism but were afraid to ask. Hans Bertens' Postmodernism is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and accessible guide for the bemused student. In clear and straightforward but always elegant prose, Bertens sets out the interdisciplinary aspects, the critical debates and the key theorists of postmodernism. He also explains, in thoughtful and illuminating language, the relationship between postmodernism and poststructuralism, and that between modernism and postmodernism. An enjoyable and indispensible text for today's student.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134928653
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At last! Everything you ever wanted to know about postmodernism but were afraid to ask. Hans Bertens' Postmodernism is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and accessible guide for the bemused student. In clear and straightforward but always elegant prose, Bertens sets out the interdisciplinary aspects, the critical debates and the key theorists of postmodernism. He also explains, in thoughtful and illuminating language, the relationship between postmodernism and poststructuralism, and that between modernism and postmodernism. An enjoyable and indispensible text for today's student.
The Postmodern History Reader
Author: Keith Jenkins
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415139045
Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Postmodern History Reader introduces students to the new points of controversy in the study of history and provides a framework by which to understand postmodernism and a guide to explore it further.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415139045
Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Postmodern History Reader introduces students to the new points of controversy in the study of history and provides a framework by which to understand postmodernism and a guide to explore it further.
A Poetics of Postmodernism
Author: Linda Hutcheon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134986262
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134986262
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Our Shadowed Present
Author: J. C. D. Clark
Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
At a time of the widespread rejection of history by politicians and intellectuals, Jonathan Clark's new book is a landmark defence of continuity: a key account of how public morality, civic involvement and our sense of tradition depend on what historians write.
Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
At a time of the widespread rejection of history by politicians and intellectuals, Jonathan Clark's new book is a landmark defence of continuity: a key account of how public morality, civic involvement and our sense of tradition depend on what historians write.
Postmodernism and History
Author: Willie Thompson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230629458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In this clear, jargon-free guide, Willie Thompson provides a concise introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history. Although this is a hotly-debated topic, with much of the current literature being both polemical and inaccessible to the beginner, Thompson offers straightforward explanations of complex concepts and shows how the debates are relevant to students' own work. Postmodernism and History: - Considers the origins of postmodernism in both the ideas of poststructuralist thinkers, particularly Michel Foucault, and the political and cultural developments of the late 20th century - Explores themes such as the treatment of historical evidence, problems of historical representation, feminist history, ethical judgements on past events, and the validity of metanarrative or long-term historical explanation - Discusses critically the work of a number of current and recent practicing historians - including Joan Scott, Roy Porter, Patrick Joyce and James Vernon - who have used postmodernist ideas in their writing - Enquires how far postmodern thought has been absorbed into mainstream historiography
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230629458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In this clear, jargon-free guide, Willie Thompson provides a concise introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history. Although this is a hotly-debated topic, with much of the current literature being both polemical and inaccessible to the beginner, Thompson offers straightforward explanations of complex concepts and shows how the debates are relevant to students' own work. Postmodernism and History: - Considers the origins of postmodernism in both the ideas of poststructuralist thinkers, particularly Michel Foucault, and the political and cultural developments of the late 20th century - Explores themes such as the treatment of historical evidence, problems of historical representation, feminist history, ethical judgements on past events, and the validity of metanarrative or long-term historical explanation - Discusses critically the work of a number of current and recent practicing historians - including Joan Scott, Roy Porter, Patrick Joyce and James Vernon - who have used postmodernist ideas in their writing - Enquires how far postmodern thought has been absorbed into mainstream historiography