{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-postmodernism-paperback-softback-9781405150781","title":"A Dictionary of Postmodernism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405150781","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Dictionary of Postmodernism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Quirky, colourful and polemical, this volume is as much mosaic as dictionary, re-laying and reconfiguring established positions, suggesting new angles, and helping current understanding both to encompass, and perhaps finally move beyond, postmodern theories so influential in the late twentieth century.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandall Stevenson, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Niall Lucy's Dictionary of Postmodernism is as sharp and sprightly an assembly of essays on postmodernism as one could wish for,  which demonstrates the continuing traction and reach of postmodern thought in contemporary art and culture. All the principal persons and preoccupations are considered and the essays are clear-eyed and invigorating.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Connor, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNiall Lucy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405150781, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the names and ideas that have come to define the postmodern condition – from Baudrillard, Jameson, and Lyotard, to the concepts of deconstruction, meta-narrative, and simulation – alongside less canonical topics such as dialogue and punk\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes essays by the late Niall Lucy, a leading expert in postmodernism studies, and by other noted scholars who came together to complete and expand upon his last work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpans a kaleidoscope of postmodernism perspectives, addressing its lovers and haters; its movers and shakers such as Derrida; its origins in modernism and semiotics, and its outlook for the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a series of brief essays rather than fixed definitions of the key ideas and arguments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngaging and thought-provoking, this is at once a scholarly guide and enduring reference for the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments ix \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescription xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarthes, Roland (Tony Thwaites) 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaudrillard, Jean (Niall Lucy) 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural studies (John Hartley) 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture (Niall Lucy) 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstruction (Claire Colebrook) 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeleuze, Gilles and Guattari, Felix (Claire Colebrook) 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerrida, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDialogue (John Hartley) 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferend (Niall Lucy) 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscourse (Robert Briggs) 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEco, Umberto (John Hartley) 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssence (Robert Briggs) 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoucault, Michel (Robert Briggs) 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization (John Hartley) 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHabermas, Jürgen (Claire Colebrook) 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHassan, Ihab (Darren Tofts) 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHyperreality (Robert Briggs) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJameson, Fredric (Niall Lucy) 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJencks, Charles (John Hartley) 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLacan, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyotard, Jean-François (Niall Lucy) 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetanarrative (Niall Lucy) 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinor(itarian) (Niall Lucy) 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernism (Niall Lucy) 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernity (Niall Lucy) 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew media (McKenzie Wark) 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParaliterature (Darren Tofts) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhrase (Claire Colebrook) 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoststructuralism (Tony Thwaites) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePunk (McKenzie Wark) 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemix (Darren Tofts) 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation (Darren Tofts) 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRonell, Avital (Claire Colebrook) 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemiotics (Niall Lucy and John Hartley) 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimulation (Niall Lucy) 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSituationism (McKenzie Wark) 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSokal affair (McKenzie Wark) 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranscendental signified (Robert Briggs) 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth (Tony Thwaites) 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eŽižek, Slavoj (Tony Thwaites) 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; 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