An introductory guide to post-structuralism and postmodernism / Madan Sarup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarup, Madan.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Genre:

Einführung.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 206 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Post-structuralism and postmodernism

Place of Publication:

New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.

Summary:

Madan Sarup has now revised his accessible and popular introduction to post-structuralist and postmodern theory. A new introductory section discusses the meaning of such concepts as modernity, postmodernity, modernization, modernism, and postmodernism. A section on feminist criticism of Lacan and Foucault has been added, together with a new chapter on French feminist theory focusing on the work of Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray, and Julia Kristeva. The chapter on postmodernism has been significantly expanded to include a discussion of Lyotard's language games and his use of the category "sublime." This chapter ends with a discussion of the relationship between feminism and postmodernism. A further chapter has been added on the work of Jean Baudrillard, a cult figure on the current postmodernist scene, whose ideas have attained a wide currency. The chapter includes a new section on postmodern cultural practices as revealed in architecture, TV, video, and film. Suggestions for further reading are now listed at the end of each chapter and are upgraded and annotated. In tracing the impact of post-structuralist thought not only on literary criticism but on such disciplines as philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, the social sciences, and art, this book will be essential reading for those who want a clear and incisive introduction to the theories that continue to have widespread influence. -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

I. Lacan and psychoanalysis

- 2. Derrida and deconstruction

- 3. Foucault and the social sciences

- 4. Some currents within post-structuralism

- 5. Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: French feminist theories

- 6. Lyotard and postmodernism

- 7. Baudrillard and some cultural practices

Conclusion.

Notes:

Originally published, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745013600

9780745013602

OCLC:

28252521