Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction - Christopher Butler torrent

Category: Education, Political
Language: English
Keywords: Culture Friedrich Nietzsche Identity Jacques Derrida John Rawls Karl Marx Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophy Postmodernism Richard Rorty Sigmund Freud Umberto Eco

Written by Christopher Butler
Read by Christine Williams
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs 07 mins

How can postmodernism be defined?

‘Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction’ challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music.

A artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists are treated ‘as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party’ — a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman, Salman Rushdie, Jacques Derrida, Walter Abish, and Richard Rorty — creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the ‘postmodern condition’, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct.

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’