Postmodern Theory
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Postmodern Theory by Steven Best
In this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today.
Best and Kellner provide:
* An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory
* A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity
* A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies.
The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.
Best and Kellner provide:
* An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory
* A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity
* A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies.
The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.
Douglas Kellner is editor of the groundbreaking book Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism (Macmillan and University of California Press, 1984) and The Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse. Kellner is Philosophy of Education Chair of Social Sciences and Comparative Education at UCLA. Tyson Lewis is assistant professor of educational philosophy at Montclair State University. Clayton Pierce is a postdoctoral research associate in the department of education, culture, and society at the University of Utah. K. Daniel Cho is assistant professor of education and director of the program in critical theory at Otterbein College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780898624182 |
| ISBN 10 | 0898624185 |
| Titel | Postmodern Theory |
| Autor | Steven Best |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | The Guilford Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1991-11-15 |
| Seitenanzahl | 324 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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