Negotiating Postmodernism - Softcover

Gabardi, Wayne

 
9780816630011: Negotiating Postmodernism
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0816630011 ISBN 13: 9780816630011
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Synopsis

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of this essential debate.

Philosophy/Critical Theory

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of this essential debate.

No longer is there one postmodernism. Joining the modern-postmodern debate at a critical juncture, Wayne Gabardi suggests that the polarizing polemics of the radical postmodernists have given way to a new "critical postmodernism" characterized by dialogue, accommodation, and synthesis. Negotiating Postmodernism marks the arrival of a powerful, critical presence on the scene, one that advances the idea of a late modern-postmodern social and cultural transition.

From the battle lines drawn between neo-Marxist writers and postmoderns in the early sixties to the shifting positions staked out in the eighties and nineties, Gabardi identifies the salient features of the evolving discussion and searches out common ground for the contending parties. Engaging the work of contemporary social and political thinkers from Lyotard and Bauman to Giddens and Habermas, from Heidegger and Arendt to Foucault and Wolin, Garbardi provides a comprehensive overview and interpretation, while offering major theoretical propositions regarding the future of democracy.

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About the Author

Wayne Gabardi is associate professor of political science at Idaho State University.

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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816630011
ISBN 13 
9780816630011
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
220