Modernity and postmodern culture (Record no. 68745)

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International Standard Book Number 9780335199150
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Classification number 306 MCG
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Personal name McGuigan,Jim
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Title Modernity and postmodern culture
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Buckingham
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Open University Press
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1999
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Extent 177p.
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Summary, etc. Modernity and Postmodern Culture is a critical introduction to claims concerning the post modernization of culture and society. Contemporary culture may be 'postmodern' in the sense of fluidity of meaning, changing power relations and commodification in art, entertainment and everyday life, but modernity persists in the dynamics of capitalist civilization, albeit in an increasingly reflexive mode that is characterized by widespread uncertainty about social existence, progress and rationality.<br/><br/>The theories of Baudrillard, Beck, Castells, Giddens, Habermas, Haraway, Jameson, Lyotard and others on the contemporary scene are discussed and specific issues concerning architecture, theme parks, screen culture, science, technology and the environment are examined. Jim McGuigan argues that there have been tensions between instrumental and critical reason throughout the history of modernity that are still being played out. He questions the irrationalist tendencies and, also, the accommodative attitude to prevailing conditions of much postmodern thought, and insists upon the enduring relevance of the Enlightenment tradition to social and cultural analysis.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Culture
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-04   306 MCG 84634 2020-02-04 2020-02-04 Books

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