The condition of postmodernity : an enquiry into the origins of cultural change /
Publication details: Oxford [England] ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1990.Description: ix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 0631162941
- 9780631162940
Partial contents:
Summary: Traces the development of the concept of postmodernism, explains its differences with modernism, and discusses political and social influences.
The passage from modernity to postmodernity in contemporary culture -- Modernity and modernism -- Postmodernism in the city: architecture and urban design -- Modernization -- The political-economic transformation of late twentieth-century capitalism -- Fordism -- The experience of space and time -- The time and space of the Enlightenment project -- The condition of postmodernity.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-367) and index.
The passage from modernity to postmodernity in contemporary culture -- Modernity and modernism -- Postmodernism in the city: architecture and urban design -- Modernization -- The political-economic transformation of late twentieth-century capitalism -- Fordism -- The experience of space and time -- The time and space of the Enlightenment project -- The condition of postmodernity.
Traces the development of the concept of postmodernism, explains its differences with modernism, and discusses political and social influences.