New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory after Postmodernism : Automodernity from Zizek to Laclau /

This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that...

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Main Author: Samuels, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Psychoanalysis, education, and social transformation.
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Summary:This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780230104181
DOI:10.1057/9780230104181