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A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Closure and Transition Introduction Sullenness Hyperactivity 2. Modernism The Rise of Modernism Aggressive Realism Methodical Universalism Ambiguous Individualism 3. Postmodernism The Postmodern Critique The Postmodern Economy 4. Hypermodernism The Power and Ambiguity of Postmodernism Hyperreality Hyperactivity Hyperintelligence 5. Postmodern Realism Moral Decisions and Material Culture Focal Realism Patient Vigor Communal Celebration Notes Index

Crossing the Postmodern Divide

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 June 1993
      ISBN-13 9780226066271
      978-0226066271
      ISBN-10 0226066274
      Also in:
      Anthropology Cultural studies Decolonisation

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments 1. Closure and Transition Introduction Sullenness Hyperactivity 2. Modernism The Rise of Modernism Aggressive Realism Methodical Universalism Ambiguous Individualism 3. Postmodernism The Postmodern Critique The Postmodern Economy 4. Hypermodernism The Power and Ambiguity of Postmodernism Hyperreality Hyperactivity Hyperintelligence 5. Postmodern Realism Moral Decisions and Material Culture Focal Realism Patient Vigor Communal Celebration Notes Index

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