Modernity and Postmodern Culture.

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Tác giả: Jim McGuigan

Ngôn ngữ: eng

ISBN-13: 978-0335219216

Ký hiệu phân loại: 306 Culture and institutions

Thông tin xuất bản: Maidenhead : Blacklick : Open University Press [Imprint] McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor] 2006

Mô tả vật lý: 200 p. , 08.860 x 06.840 in.

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 critically assesses claims made about the 'postmodernization' of culture and society and explores the complex interplay between the modern and the postmodern in an increasingly â
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 The second edition is revised throughout, updating the literature and viewing international events through a modernist/postmodernist gaze. The theories of Baudrillard, Beck, Castells, Giddens, Jameson, Lyotard and others are discussed and specific issues concerning architecture, theme parks, screen culture, science, technology and the environment are examined. Topics include:<
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 Postmodern architecture and the hyperreality of Disney<
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 How poststructuralist theory questions modern rationality and reason<
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 The relations between postmodern culture, global capitalism and the technological changes brought about by electronics and computing<
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 The book is key reading for students on courses in cultural politics, cultural theory, popular culture and sociology.
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