Overview
A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture. Explores the names and ideas that have come to define the postmodern condition – from Baudrillard, Jameson, and Lyotard, to the concepts of deconstruction, meta-narrative, and simulation – alongside less canonical topics such as dialogue and punk Includes essays by the late Niall Lucy, a leading expert in postmodernism studies, and by other noted scholars who came together to complete and expand upon his last work Spans a kaleidoscope of postmodernism perspectives, addressing its lovers and haters; its movers and shakers such as Derrida; its origins in modernism and semiotics, and its outlook for the future Features a series of brief essays rather than fixed definitions of the key ideas and arguments Engaging and thought-provoking, this is at once a scholarly guide and enduring reference for the field
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Author: Niall Lucy (Late of Curtin University, Australia)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781405150774
ISBN 10: 1405150777
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 13 November 2015
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix Preface x Note on contributors xiii Description xiv Introduction 1 Dictionary Barthes, Roland (Tony Thwaites) 3 Baudrillard, Jean (Niall Lucy) 7 Cultural studies (John Hartley) 12 Culture (Niall Lucy) 19 Deconstruction (Claire Colebrook) 27 Deleuze, Gilles and Guattari, Felix (Claire Colebrook) 30 Derrida, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 34 Dialogue (John Hartley) 39 Differend (Niall Lucy) 44 Discourse (Robert Briggs) 52 Eco, Umberto (John Hartley) 56 Essence (Robert Briggs) 62 Foucault, Michel (Robert Briggs) 69 Globalization (John Hartley) 76 Habermas, Jürgen (Claire Colebrook) 81 Hassan, Ihab (Darren Tofts) 84 Hyperreality (Robert Briggs) 89 Jameson, Fredric (Niall Lucy) 96 Jencks, Charles (John Hartley) 105 Lacan, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 110 Lyotard, Jean-François (Niall Lucy) 113 Metanarrative (Niall Lucy) 118 Minor(itarian) (Niall Lucy) 128 Modernism (Niall Lucy) 130 Modernity (Niall Lucy) 137 New media (McKenzie Wark) 139 Paraliterature (Darren Tofts) 144 Phrase (Claire Colebrook) 148 Poststructuralism (Tony Thwaites) 149 Punk (McKenzie Wark) 151 Remix (Darren Tofts) 156 Representation (Darren Tofts) 160 Ronell, Avital (Claire Colebrook) 164 Semiotics (Niall Lucy and John Hartley) 167 Simulation (Niall Lucy) 172 Situationism (McKenzie Wark) 178 Sokal affair (McKenzie Wark) 182 Transcendental signified (Robert Briggs) 188 Truth (Tony Thwaites) 190 iek, Slavoj (Tony Thwaites) 194 References 196 Index 213
Reviews
Quirky, colourful and polemical, this volume is as much mosaic as dictionary, re-laying and reconfiguring established positions, suggesting new angles, and helping current understanding both to encompass, and perhaps finally move beyond, postmodern theories so influential in the late twentieth century. Randall Stevenson, University of Edinburgh Niall Lucy's Dictionary of Postmodernism is as sharp and sprightly an assembly of essays on postmodernism as one could wish for, which demonstrates the continuing traction and reach of postmodern thought in contemporary art and culture. All the principal persons and preoccupations are considered and the essays are clear-eyed and invigorating. Steven Connor, University of Cambridge
Author Information
Niall Lucy was Professor of Critical Theory at Curtin University and founding co-editor of the international journal Ctrl-Z: New Media Philosophy. His numerous books include Postmodern Literary Theory: An Introduction (Wiley Blackwell, 1997), A Derrida Dictionary (Wiley Blackwell, 2004), Pomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder (2010), and The Ballad of Moondyne Joe (with John Kinsella, 2012). A leading figure in Derrida studies and postmodernism, Lucy died in 2014.
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