Facing Postmodernity

Contemporary French Thought
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-12894-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Facing Postmodernity explains French cultural theory by grounding it in the politics of the issues facing France today such as:

* the breaking of the city
* racism
* the crisis of culture
* new citizenship.
It discusses some of the major responses to postmodernity by contemporary French thinkers, both the very well known -Lyotard, Levinas, Derrida - and those who will be less familiar to a non-French audience. In doing so, it addresses the questions central to the postmodern debate whatever country it takes place in; questions of history, of representation, identity and community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silverman, Max

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 In the shadow of the Holocaust; Chapter 2 New racisms; Chapter 3 City spaces; Chapter 4 Cultural debates; Chapter 5 Citizens all? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index;

Über Autor(innen)

Max Silverman is senior lecturer in French at the University of Leeds.