A Dictionary of Postmodernism
Published on 1. September 2015
248 pages
978-1-118-90216-5 (ISBN)
Description
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
Reviews / Votes
"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 CambridgeMore details
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Niall Lucy was Professor of Critical Theory at Curtin University and founding co-editor of the international journal. His books include Literary Theory: An Introduction (Wiley Blackwell, 1997), A Derrida Dictionary (Wiley Blackwell, 2004), and Pomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder (2010). A leading figure in and postmodernism, Lucy died in 2014.
Content
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
?i?ek, Slavoj (Tony Thwaites) 194
References 196
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