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Simon Malpas investigates the theories and definitions of postmodernism and postmodernity, and explores their impact in such areas as identity, history, art, literature and culture. In attempting to map the different forms of the postmodern, and the contrasting experiences of postmodernity in the Western and developing worlds, he looks closely at:
* modernism and postmodernism
* modernity and postmodernity
* subjectivity
* history
* politics.
This useful guidebook will introduce students to a range of key thinkers who have sought to question the contemporary situation, and will enable readers to begin to approach the primary texts of postmodern theory and culture with confidence.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book should appeal to every reader, whatever path they come from, and whatever disciplinary area they are most interested in, as Malpas discusses material from architecture, visual arts, philosophy, literature and mass media.
Since the postmodern refers to modernism, Malpas relevantly looks back to modernism and also introduces key thinkers which have contributed to the conceptualisation of the postmodern and postmodernism, both historically (such Hegel, Marx, and Freud) and in more contemporaneous times (such as Fukuyama, Lyotard, Cixous, and Baudrillard).
Although the topic might feel very heavy at first sight, this book is actually a very captivating and approachable read.
The glossary and suggestions for further reading are very useful instruments at the end of the book.
Since the postmodern refers to modernism, Malpas relevantly looks back to modernism and also introduces key thinkers which have contributed to the conceptualisation of the postmodern and postmodernism, both historically (such Hegel, Marx, and Freud) and in more contemporaneous times (such as Fukuyama, Lyotard, Cixous, and Baudrillard).
Although the topic might feel very heavy at first sight, this book is actually a very captivating and approachable read.
The glossary and suggestions for further reading are very useful instruments at the end of the book.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, short introduction which validates a critical postmodernism
4 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
This is a very well written, concise, accessible overview of the entire debate over postmodernism. It will help the reader answer such questions as: What is postmodernism? How does it relate to postmodernity? How does it relate to modernism and modernity? How should postmodernism be judged? Malpas makes the case that we are living in a time of postmodernity marked by cultural and subjective fragmentation brought on by late capitalism. But he endorses critics such as Lyotard who find a space for a specifically postmodern, political resistance. What makes this book superlative is how wide-ranging it is, giving a concise history of modern philosophy and touching on many major thinkers and aspects of critical theory. Beside the expected Lyotard, Jameson and Baudrillard, there is also Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Freud, Lacan, Fanon, Habermas, Said, Benjamin, Derrida, Kristeva, Butler, Marxism, feminism, and anticolonialism, plus Marshall Berman, Linda Hutcheon, Donna Haraway, and a bunch of other critics of modernism and postmodernism. Sadly no Barthes or Foucault. But this book could serve as an introduction to the whole world of critical theory, as all these theorists' works are put into a context of what they have to contribute to an understanding of our contemporary, postmodern reality. I will be looking at other books in the Routledge New Critical Idiom series and hoping to find works as equally clear and accessible without being overly simplified.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Good overview. Balanced
18 July 2007
Format:Paperback
Malpas' discussion of the phenomenon of Postmodernism is quite well-balanced and clear. He incorporates the ideas of many of the major thinkers of the era and makes logical sense of a sometimes illogical set of ideas. Strong on Lyotard and Habermas. Much clearer than Christopher Butlers "A Very Short Introduction to Postmodernism" (OUP)
Good Introduction to and Explanation of Postmodernism
24 Aug 2011
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While it's a challengingly academic read, The Postmodern (New Critical Idiom) by Simon Malpas is an excellent introduction to and exploration of postmodernism. The book serves primarily as a review of literature, drawing upon some of the most important works in postmodern thought, and showing how each work shaped the discussion. Malpas's stated goals for the book is to demonstrate what postmodernism is, but along the way he does an admirable job highlighting its strengths and weaknesses and placing it within the contextual framework of a still quite-effective modernism and realism.
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