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Supplanting the Postmodern: An Anthology of Writings on the Arts and Culture of the Early 21st Century by Dr. David Rudrum (Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Huddersfield, UK)

For more than a decade now a steadily growing chorus of voices has announced that the 'postmodern' literature, art, thought and culture of the late 20th century have come to an end. At the same time as this, the early years of the 21st century have seen a stream of critical formulations proclaiming a successor to postmodernism. Intriguing and exciting new terms such as 'remodernism', 'performatism', 'hypermodernism', 'automodernism, 'renewalism', 'altermodernism', 'digimodernism' and 'metamodernism' have been coined, proposed and debated as terms for what comes after the postmodern. Supplanting the Postmodern is the first anthology to collect the key writings in these debates in one place. The book is divided into two parts: the first, 'The Sense of an Ending', presents a range of positions in the debate around the demise of the postmodern; the second, 'Coming to Terms with the New', presents representative writings from the new '-isms' mentioned above. Each of the entries is prefaced by a brief introduction by the editors, in which they outline its central ideas, point out the similarities and/or differences from other positions found in the anthology, and suggest possible strengths and limitations to the insights presented in each piece.

Supplanting the Postmodern Reviews

I'm more than happy to see the postmodern supplanted. It's time! * Linda Hutcheon, University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Canada *
Rudrum and Stavris have put together a fascinating collection of speculations, arguments, and manifestos that engage in very different ways with the question of postmodernism's demise. That this question is shown to involve asking whether there actually is or was a single cultural tendency that can be labelled postmodernism, or whether its aftermath can be similarly labelled by a single term, is a sign of the editors' own open-minded (postmodern?) approach. * Derek Attridge, Professor of English, University of York, UK *
It may well be, as the editors suggest, that postmodernism was the last time we looked coherent enough to oppose ourselves. If so, then Supplanting the Postmodern provides the dual service of recalling, as postmodernism becomes forgettable, its inescapability, while doing away with all efforts to prolong it. I have difficulty imagining serious aesthetic discussion apart from the background this book provides. * R. M. Berry, Professor of English, Florida State University, USA *
A useful collection of writings, helpfully designed to make students think about contemporary cultural dynamics. * Ian Patterson, University of Cambridge, UK *

About Dr. David Rudrum (Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Huddersfield, UK)

David Rudrum is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature (2013) and the editor of Literature and Philosophy: A Guide to Contemporary Debates (2006). Nicholas Stavris is a PhD student at the University of Huddersfield, UK, where he is writing a thesis on the legacy of postmodernism in contemporary fiction.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: The Sense of an Ending Epilogue: The Postmodern - In Retrospect Gone Forever But Here To Stay: The Legacy of the Postmodern Linda Hutcheon Beyond Postmodernism: Toward an Aesthetic of Trust Ihab Hassan Postmodernism Grown Old Steven Connor The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond Alan Kirby They Might Have Been Giants John McGowan From Post-Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Just-in-Time Capitalism Jeffrey Nealon Part Two: Coming to Terms with the New Remodernism Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, The Stuckist Manifesto Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, Remodernism Performatism Raoul Eshelman, Introduction Raoul Eshelman, Performatism, or the End of Postmodernism (American Beauty) Hypermodernism Gilles Lipovetsky, from Time Against Time, or The Hypermodern Society Automodernism Robert Samuels, Auto-modernity after Postmodernism: Autonomy and Automation in Culture, Technology, and Education Renewalism Neil Brooks and Josh Toth, Introduction: A Wake and Renewed? Josh Toth, from The Passing of Postmodernism: A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary Altermodernism Nicolas Bourriaud, The Altermodern Manifesto Nicolas Bourriaud, Altermodern Digimodernism Alan Kirby, from Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure our Culture Metamodernism Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, Notes on Metamodernism Conclusions Note on the Supplanting of 'Post-' David Rudrum The Anxieties of the Present Nicholas Stavris Bibliography Index

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9781501306860
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Supplanting the Postmodern: An Anthology of Writings on the Arts and Culture of the Early 21st Century by Dr. David Rudrum (Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Huddersfield, UK)
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2015-11-05
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