Malpas S. The postmodern

Routledge, 2005. — x, 148 p. — (The New Critical Idiom). — ISBN 0-415-28064-8, 0-415-28065-6.
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In this book, Simon Malpas introduces a range of key theorists and theories that have, under the banner of the postmodern, sought in different ways to explore art, culture and the nature of thought in the contemporary world. He examines some of the most important and influential definitions of the postmodern, and uses straightforward examples and illustrations to explore their implications for such areas as identity, history, art, literature, culture and politics.
The Postmodern builds up a picture of the key contemporary debates about postmodernism and postmodernity, enabling readers to begin to approach the primary texts of postmodern theory and culture with confidence.Series Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: The Plurality of the Postmodern
Defining the Postmodern
Postmodernisms and PostmodernitiesModernism and Postmodernism
Architecture: Modernism and Postmodernism
Modernism and Postmodernism in Art
Reading the Postmodern Text: Postmodernism and Literature
Postmodernism as Immanent Critique
Postmodernism and PostmodernityModernity and Postmodernity
The Postmodern Condition: Jean-François Lyotard
The Meaning of ‘Post-’
Defining Modernity
Jürgen Habermas and the Discourse of ModernitySubjectivity
The Modern Subject: Descartes, Kant and Wordsworth
Disrupting Subjectivity: Freud, Fanon and Cixous
The Postmodern Subject: The Inhuman, Cyborgs and MatricesHistory
Modern History: Hegel and Scott
Postmodernity and the ‘End of History’: Fukuyama and Baudrillard
Finite History and History as Narrative
Re-Imagining History: Postmodern FictionPolitics
Modern Politics and Critique: Marx
Postmodernity and ‘Late Capitalism’: Jameson
Postmodern Consumption and Simulation: Baudrillard
Postmodern Politics: Resistance without FoundationsGlossary
Suggestions for Further Reading

Index