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Facing postmodernity : contemporary French thought on culture and society / Max Silverman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silverman, Maxim.
- Series:
- Routledge social futures series
- Social futures series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectual life.
- Social aspects.
- Postmodernism.
- France--Civilization--1945-.
- France.
- Civilization.
- Postmodernism--France.
- France--Intellectual life--20th century--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 198 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The unmaking of modern France 1
- 1 In the shadow of the Holocaust 10
- The Holocaust rediscovered 10
- 'Jews', 'Greeks' and the decline of the West 13
- Jews and poets 24
- History, memory, representation 28
- New ethics, new dangers 38
- 2 New racisms 40
- Modern 'logics' of racism 40
- Culture, difference and identity 44
- The 'ends' of anti-racism 57
- 3 City spaces 66
- The modern city 66
- From time to space, from the social to the aesthetic 72
- Encounters in the city 86
- Making connections 91
- 4 Cultural debates 96
- From Culture to le culturel 96
- Culture and society 102
- The 'democratization' of the image 108
- Culture, counter-culture and intellectuals 117
- 5 Citizens all? 128
- Utopian citizenship 128
- The revenge of civil society 134
- The end of the social? 142
- Conclusion: Millennium talk 154.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415128935
- 0415128943
- OCLC:
- 39556235
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