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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
    Publication Date: 01/06/1993
    ISBN13: 9780226066271, 978-0226066271
    ISBN10: 0226066274
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    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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