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We Have Never Been Postmodern: Theory at the Speed of Light
Professor Steve Redhead
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Description for We Have Never Been Postmodern: Theory at the Speed of Light
Hardback. This book sets out a variety of reasons why we should move away from seeing the recent era as 'postmodern' and our culture as 'postmodernist' through a series of analyses of contemporary culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Is it possible that various disciplines, theorists and cultural commentators have been hurtling down a blind alley in the last thirty years, searching for the holy grail of the postmodern? What if, after all, we have never have been postmodern? Or what if we are, instead, now living 'after postmodernity'? As global culture rushes off the cliff of catastrophe with its neo-liberal, neo-conservative ideologies mangled in the process, this book provides theory at the speed of light designed to capture the fast flickering images of the real, gone before you can blink in today's accelerated culture. Key Features * Sets ... Read more
Is it possible that various disciplines, theorists and cultural commentators have been hurtling down a blind alley in the last thirty years, searching for the holy grail of the postmodern? What if, after all, we have never have been postmodern? Or what if we are, instead, now living 'after postmodernity'? As global culture rushes off the cliff of catastrophe with its neo-liberal, neo-conservative ideologies mangled in the process, this book provides theory at the speed of light designed to capture the fast flickering images of the real, gone before you can blink in today's accelerated culture. Key Features * Sets ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748643448
SKU
V9780748643448
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About Professor Steve Redhead
Steve Redhead is a Professor of Legal Studies n the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He has published fifteen books including The Paul Virilio Reader, The Jean Baudrillard Reader and Paul Virilio: Theorist for an Accelerated Culture, all with Edinburgh University Press.
Reviews for We Have Never Been Postmodern: Theory at the Speed of Light
In marrying a clear conceptual critique of postmodernism to the analysis of a rich diversity of popular cultural phenomena the book presents a unique framework from which to make sense of our 'accelerated culture' in the 21st Century.
Dr Richard Haynes, Director, Stirling Media Research Institute, University of Stirling In marrying a clear conceptual critique of postmodernism to the ... Read more
Dr Richard Haynes, Director, Stirling Media Research Institute, University of Stirling In marrying a clear conceptual critique of postmodernism to the ... Read more