Crossing the Postmodern Divide

图书信息

作者	Borgmann, Albert
出版社	University of Chicago Press
ISBN	9780226161488
出版时间	2013-11-22
字数	34.2万
分类	University of Chicago Press,进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录

读书简介

In this eloquent guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, Albert Borgmann charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Borgmann connects the fundamental ideas driving his understanding of society's ills to every sphere of contemporary social life, and goes beyond the language of postmodern discourse to offer a powerfully articulated vision of what this new era, at its best, has in store."e;[This] thoughtful book is the first remotely realistic map out of the post modern labyrinth."e;-Joseph Coates, The Chicago Tribune"e;Rather astoundingly large-minded vision of the nature of humanity, civilization and science."e;-Kirkus Reviews

目录

Cover

Copyright

Title Page

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