A Primer To Postmodernity

1. Is This A Postmodern World? -- Sidebar 1: Paradigm History -- 2. How Do We Create A Sense Of Realism? Or Do We Just Discover It? -- 3. Classic Realist Formulas In Action: Film -- Sidebar 2: The Classic Or Naive Realist Formula -- Sidebar 3: Breaking Free Of The Classic Realist Formula -- 4. Go To Citizen Kane To Find Twentieth-century Modernism ... On The Edge Of Postmodernity -- 5. Moving Across The Profound Surface Of A Postmodern Life -- Sidebar 4: Is Seinfeld Postmodern? -- 6. Yes There Is A Postmodern Political Struggle -- 7. Postmodernity And The Market -- 8. Postmodernity's War With Science? -- Sidebar 5: Do Our Categories Fit? -- 9. Meditating On Postmodern Ethics And Religion. Joseph Natoli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author : Natoli, Joseph P. , 1943-

Publisher : Blackwell Publishers

Published Year : 1997

Edition : 1

Format : print - Paperback, 224 pages

Subject : Postmodernism, Postmodernism--Social aspects, Social change, Civilization, Modern, Civilization, Modern--1950-, B831.2 .N38 1997, 149/.97

Language : English

Dimensions : xi, 209 p. ; 25 cm.

ISBN : 1577180615

ISBN13 : 9781577180616

Overview :

A Primer to Postmodernity introduces the general reader to an emerging 'postmodern' world order by giving us 'just the facts through contemporary cultural lenses.