Culture and identity : critical theories /
Ross Abbinnett.
- 230 pages ; 24 cm.
- Politics and culture .
- Politics and culture (London, England). .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index.
Postmodernity and postmodernism. Levinas and Bauman : the ethics of care -- Beck and Giddens : risk and reflexive modernity -- Baudrillard : media and simulation -- Lyotard and Jameson : postmodernism and the aesthetic -- Derrida : deconstruction and identity -- Media, culture and identity. Technology, ideology and the culture industry -- Information, simulation and the 'silent majorities' -- The postmodern and the sublime -- Culture, politics, differance -- Postmodernism and the end of history. Derrida, Fukuyama and the 'new world order' -- Science, technology and catastrophe -- Capitalism, globalization and cosmopolitanism -- Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Postmodernity and Postmodernism -- Levinas and Bauman: the Ethics of Care -- Beck and Giddens: Risk and Reflexive Modernity -- Baudrillard: Media and Simulation -- Lyotard and Jameson: Postmodernism and the Aesthetic -- Derrida: Deconstruction and Identity -- Media, Culture and Identity -- Technology, Ideology and the Culture Industry -- Information, Simulation and the 'Silent Majorities' -- The Postmodern and the Sublime -- Culture, Politics, Differance -- Postmodernism and the End of History -- Derrida, Fukuyama and the 'New World Order' -- Science, Technology and Catastrophe -- Capitalism, Globalization and Cosmopolitanism. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Pt. 2. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pt. 3. 10. 11. 12.