Dimensions
110 x 165 x 15mm
An enjoyable, comic-style book on some of mankind's most far-reaching ideas, in a compact format.
What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, The Satanic verses and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is this phenomenon? This graphic guide explains clearly this maddeningly engimatic concept that has been used to define our cultural condition over the last twenty years.
Postmodernism seemed to promise an end to the grim Cold War era of nuclear confrontation and oppressive ideologies. Fukuyama's notoriously proclaimed "end of history", the triumph of liberal democracy over Communist tyranny, has proved an illusion. We awoke in the anxious grip of globalisation, unpredictable terrorism and unforeseen war.
Introducing Postmodernism traces the genealogies of postmodernity in art, in theory, in science and history. Derrida, Baudrillard, Foucault and many other icons of postmodern complexity are brilliantly elucidated by Richard Appignanesi and enlivened by cartoonist, Chris Garratt.
