Modern/postmodern : society, philosophy, literature / Peter V. Zima.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zima, P. V.

Standardized Title:

Moderne/Postmoderne. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern/Postmodern: Society, Philosophy, Literature offers new definitions of modernism and postmodernism by presenting an original theoretical system of thought that explains the differences between these two key movements. Taking a contrastive approach, Peter V. Zima identifies three key concepts in the relationship between modernism and postmodernism - ambiguity, ambivalence and indifference. Zima defines modernism and postmodernism as problematics, as opposed to aesthetics, stylistics or ideologies. Unlike modernism, which is grounded in an increasing ambivalence towards social norms and va

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Modernity - Modernism - Postmodernity: Attempting a Definition; Chapter 2 Modernity and Postmodernity in a Sociological Perspective; Chapter 3 Postmodern Philosophies as Critiques of Modernity; Chapter 4 Modernism and Postmodernism: Literary Criticism; Chapter 5 From Modern to Postmodern Literature: Ambivalence, Indifference and Ideology; Chapter 6 Dialogical Theory: Between the Universal and the Particular; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Updated version of Moderne/postmoderne : gesellschaft, philosophie, literatur. Tübingen-Basel : Francke, 2001. (2nd ed.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613202734

9781283202732

1283202735

9781441112897

1441112898

OCLC:

741687198