What is postmodernism? What was postmodernism? Is it just a sense of
fun and playfulness, or a creed that leads to tasteless denials that
the Gulf War ever happened? Is it a celebration of the sense of an
ending which came with the close of the Twentieth Century, or an
ironic critique of capitalism? Should we sail full speed ahead for
the abyss?
In this book (best enjoyed whilst listening to Finnish-Hindi fusion
blues and eating a hamburger in Red Square) the ideas of leading
postmodern theorists such as Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard
and Fredric Jameson are explained and examined, and the brave new
virtual world of postmodern science fiction is explored, as well as
the intersection of feminism and postmodernism. A whole range of
books, films, artists and tv series are discussed from the point of
view of postmodern aesthetics. Finally a number of arguments against
Postmodernism are taken into account.
This book is safe if inwardly digested. Accept no substitute.
