Beyond Postmodernism : Onto the Postcontemporary.
Title:
Beyond Postmodernism : Onto the Postcontemporary.
Author:
Brooks, Christopher K.
ISBN:
9781443863582
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF IMAGES -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- TO BE BORN IS TO DIE -- EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD -- WE HAVE NEVER BEEN GENDERED -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATUREIN TRANSHUMANISM -- AUTO-MODERNITY AFTER POSTMODERNISM -- METAFICTIONIN THE POST-TECHNOLOGICAL AGE -- THE MOST DANGEROUS PHILOSOPHERIN THE WEST-TO HIMSELF?SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK AND THE PERILSOF GOING PUBLIC -- DEFINING THE POSTCONTEMPORARY MOMENT -- AFTERWORD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Beyond Postmodernism: Onto the Postcontemporary is a collection designed to provide the reader with an alternative to viewing the world through the lens of Postmodernism. Contributors to this collection utilize and define such critical tools as transhumanism, post-post theory, posthumanism, and postcontemporary theory. Other essays focus on interpreting texts or genres, yielding impressive conclusions that were "beyond" the scope of postmodern discourse. Eclectic in nature, while examining wo...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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