Modern/postmodern : society, philosophy, literature /: society, philosophy, literature. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Moderne/Postmoderne.
• Further Information: Note: Peter V. Zima.
• Other Names: Zima, P. V
• Contents: Preface; Chapter 1 Modernity -- Modernism -- Postmodernity: Attempting a Definition; 1.1 Problems of Construction: Modernity and Postmodernity as Epochs, Ideologies, Styles and Problematics; 1.2 Key Concepts: Modernity, Modernism, Postmodernity, Postmodernism, Posthistoire and Postindustrial Society; 1.3 Modernity, Modernism and Postmodernity as Problematics; Chapter 2 Modernity and Postmodernity in a Sociological Perspective; 2.1 Critiques of Modernity: Universalism, Particularization and Social Movements; 2.2 Feminist and Eco-Feminist Critiques; 2.3 A Conservative Postmodernity? 2.4 The Marxist Critique: For and Against Postmodernity2.5 Pluralism, Indifference and Ideology; 2.6 The Case of Baudrillard: Indifference without Ideology; Chapter 3 Postmodern Philosophies as Critiques of Modernity; 3.1 Nietzsche's Heirs; 3.2 Postmodern Social Philosophy and the End of Metanarratives: From Foucault, Deleuze and Lyotard to Vattimo and Rorty; 3.3 Postmodern Epistemology I: Foucault, Deleuze, Vattimo and Rorty; 3.4 Epistemology II: Language, Concept, Particularity-From Deleuze and Derrida to Vattimo; 3.5 Epistemology III: Lyotard vs Habermas. 3.6 Ethics: From Lyotard and Bauman to Rorty3.7 Aesthetics: Heterotopy and the Sublime, Allegory and Aporia; Chapter 4 Modernism and Postmodernism: Literary Criticism; 4.1 Construction Attempts; 4.2 The Problematics of Modernism and Postmodernism: Ambiguity, Ambivalence and Indifference; 4.3 Avant-garde, Popular Culture and Postmodern 'De-differentiation'; 4.4 Postmodernism as Poststructuralism: Iterability, Aporia and Intertextuality; Chapter 5 From Modern to Postmodern Literature: Ambivalence, Indifference and Ideology; 5.1 Modernist Literature and Ambivalence: Between Nietzsche and Freud. 5.2 Linguistic Aspects of Ambivalence5.3 Critique of Truth, the System and the Subject: Critique of Modernity; 5.4 Modernism and Critical Theory: Epilogue I; 5.5 Postmodern Literature and Indifference: The Critique of Metaphysics; 5.6 Linguistic Aspects of Indifference; 5.7 Beyond Truth and the Subject: Pluralism, Particularism, Indifference and Ideology; 5.8 Postmodern Literature, Deconstruction and Pragmatism: Epilogue II; Chapter 6 Dialogical Theory: Between the Universal and the Particular; 6.1 Theory between Ideology and Indifference-or: 'Engagement and Critical Distance' 6.2 Theoretical Dialogue: Language, Sociolect, Discourse6.3 Conclusion: The Particular and the Universal in Postmodernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)
• Subjects: 149/.97; Postmodernism; Postmodernism (Literature); Modernism (Literature); PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Structuralism; PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Post-Structuralism; Modernism (Literature); Postmodernism; Postmodernism (Literature); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441112897; 1441112898; 1283202735; 9781283202732
• Related ISBNs: 9780826424020; 0826424023
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-290) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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