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New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory After Postmodernism
Robert Samuels
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Description for New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory After Postmodernism
This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity. Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 507.
This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity.
This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity.
Product Details
Number of pages
267
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230619814
SKU
V9780230619814
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About Robert Samuels
ROBERT SAMUELS is Lecturer, UCLA, USA, Writing Programs.
Reviews for New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory After Postmodernism
"Earnest, relentless, and frequently compelling, Samuels offers a sobering analysis of some of the ways that cultural studies, new media, and the university itself have failed our hopes for democracy. You won't agree with everything in this book, but you'll pop onto his blog to argue with him about it." - Marc Bousquet, Author of How The University Works: Higher ... Read more