An introductory guide to post-structuralism and postmodernism /

Madan Sarup has now revised his accessible and popular introduction to post-structuralist and postmodern theory. A new introductory section discusses the meaning of such concepts as modernity, postmodernity, modernization, modernism, and postmodernism. A section on feminist criticism of Lacan and Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sarup, Madan
Corporate Author: Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993
Edition:Second edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • -- I. Lacan and psychoanalysis
  • - 2. Derrida and deconstruction
  • - 3. Foucault and the social sciences
  • - 4. Some currents within post-structuralism
  • - 5. Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: French feminist theories
  • - 6. Lyotard and postmodernism
  • - 7. Baudrillard and some cultural practices
  • -- Conclusion