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A Beginner's Guide
Kevin Hart
ISBN: 9781851683383
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
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Draws on everything from the Nike culture of branded America to the groundbreaking theories of Derrida and Baudrillard.
This latest addition to Oneworld's bestselling Beginner's Guide series draws on everything from the Nike culture of branded America to the groundbreaking theories of Derrida and Baudrillard. Adopting the role of tour guide, award-winning writer Kevin Hart leads the reader through the pitfalls, conundrums and complexities that characterize postmodernism, while providing an overview of the many different approaches (philosophical, cultural, literary) to the subject. All the major thinkers are introduced - from Derrida to Blanchot, Irigaray to Foucault, and more besides while the book is unique among introductory guides in its consideration of the role of religion in a postmodern world.
| ISBN | 1851683380 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9781851683383
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Weight (grammes) | 236 | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Beginner's Guides | | Publication date | 26 Apr 2004 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | B | | Width (mm) | 135 | | DEWEY | 149.97 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Overview | | | | | | Author's note | | | | 1 | | Postmodernism : some guides | | 1 | | 2 | | The loss of origin | | 26 | | 3 | | Postmodern experience | | 47 | | 4 | | The fragmentary | | 67 | | 5 | | The postmodern bible | | 87 | | 6 | | Postmodern religion | | 107 | | 7 | | The gift : a debate | | 129 | | | | Conclusion : guides and another guide | | 155 | | | | Glossary | | 159 | | | | Bibliography | | 168 | | | | Websites | | 173 | | | | Index of names | | 177 | | | | Index of subjects | | 178 |
"Immensely useful, enabling us to gain, because of its clarity and incisiveness, a broad overview of a complex international development without simplifying either its literary or philosophical richness." Geoffrey Hartman,Sterling Professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Yale University "Invaluable: deserves the attention of all serious students of post-modernity." David Tracy, Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religion in the Divinity School, University of Chicago"No one will fail to learn from this primer that is charming, personal, chatty and informative, and manages to be both erudite and readable." John D. Caputo, David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University USA  Be the first to write a customer review
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