Postmodernism /
Postmodernism is a 20th-century theoretical movement that challenged much of what had previously been taken for granted in all cultural domains, from philosophy and social sciences to architecture and cultivated journalism. For example, key concepts such as truth, progress, history, originality, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Summary: | Postmodernism is a 20th-century theoretical movement that challenged much of what had previously been taken for granted in all cultural domains, from philosophy and social sciences to architecture and cultivated journalism. For example, key concepts such as truth, progress, history, originality, and identity were interrogated under postmodernism. The effects of this disruption persist, even as use of the term postmodern has waned in cultural theory. Launched in literary criticism and the history of architecture in the 1970s, the usage of the term postmodern peaked in the 1980s in contemporary philosophy, social theory, and in several fields of art and the creative sector. The debate on postmodernism often acquired a harsh edge, for it was almost never limited to a discussion on periodization or conceptual or ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781529748482 1529748488 9781526421036 1526421038 |