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Introducing Postmodernism : A Graphic Guide by Richard Appignanesi; Chris Garratt; Ziauddin Sardar; Patrick Curry is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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'Introducing Postmodernism' traces the three pedigrees of postmodernity, art, theory and history, and explains the essentials of structuralism, semiotics and deconstruction as developed by the postmodern icons. What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, "The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world's cultural condition over the last three decades. "Introducing Postmodernism" tracks the idea back to its roots by taking a tour of some of the most extreme and exhilarating events, people and thought of the last 100 years: in art - constructivism, conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol; in politics and history - McCarthy's witch-hunts, feminism, Francis Fukuyama and the Holocaust; in philosophy - the work of Derrida, Baudrillard, Foucault and Heidegger. The book also explores postmodernism's take on today, and the anxious grip of globalisation, unpredictable terrorism and unforeseen war that greeted the dawn of the 21st century. Regularly controversial, rarely straightforward and seldom easy, postmodernism

Who reads Introducing Postmodernism : A Graphic Guide?

Author

Richard Appignanesi; Chris Garratt; Ziauddin Sardar; Patrick Curry

Publisher

Icon Books Ltd

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848317604

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Philosophy

Rating

4.4 / 5 (144 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14