Description
Where does the idea of the postmodern come from? Who first conceived, and who developed it? How have its meanings changed? What purposes do they serve? These are the questions addressed in The Origins of Postmodernity. The answers take us from Lima to Angkor, to Paris and Munich, to China and the stars. At the center of the story is the figure of Fredric Jameson, theorist supreme of postmodernism. What happens to art, time, politics, in the age of the spectacle? What has ended, and what has begun?
A history of the postmodern, and the role of Fredric Jameson in shaping it
About the Author
Perry Anderson taught History at UCLA for thirty years and is an Editor at New Left Review. Recent books include Brazil Apart, The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci and The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony.
Book Information
ISBN 9781859842225
Author Perry Anderson
Format Paperback
Page Count 150
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 237g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm * 13mm
A history of the postmodern, and the role of Fredric Jameson in shaping it
About the Author
Perry Anderson taught History at UCLA for thirty years and is an Editor at New Left Review. Recent books include Brazil Apart, The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci and The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony.
Book Information
ISBN 9781859842225
Author Perry Anderson
Format Paperback
Page Count 150
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 237g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm * 13mm
