{"product_id":"the-illusions-of-postmodernism-paperback","title":"The Illusions of Postmodernism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular \"brands\" of postmodern thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brilliant critique explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. His primary concern is less with the more intricate formulations of postmodern philosophy than with the culture or milieu of postmodernism as a whole. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular brands of postmodern thought. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Professor Eagleton's view of the topic is, as he says, generally a negative one, he points to postmodernism's strengths as well as its failings. He sets out not just to expose the illusions of postmodernism but to show the students he has in mind that they never believed what they thought they believed in the first place. In the process his gifts for irony and satire sharpen the reader's pleasure, and his commitment to the ethical and the vision of a just society, inspire engagement and a refusal to acquiesce in the appalling mess which is the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brilliant critique explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. His primary concern is less with the more intricate formulations of postmodern philosophy than with the culture or milieu of postmodernism as a whole. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular \"brands\" of postmodern thought. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Professor Eagleton's view of the topic is, as he says, generally a negative one, he points to postmodernism's strengths as well as its failings. He sets out not just to expose the illusions of postmodernism but to show the students he has in mind that they never believed what they thought they believed in the first place. In the process his gifts for irony and satire sharpen the reader's pleasure, and his commitment to the ethical and the vision of a just society, inspire engagement and \"a refusal to acquiesce in the appalling mess which is the contemporary world\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow at the University of Manchester. The Second Edition of his classic \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1996 as did \u003ci\u003eMarxist Literary Theory: A Reader, \u003c\/i\u003e co-edited with Drew Milne. His numerous other books include \u003ci\u003eHeathcliffe and the Great Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Ideology of the Aesthetic\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eCriticism and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), and \u003ci\u003eMarxism and Literary Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (1976).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.03 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47345362993401,"sku":"9780631203230","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b05TZEJnci9BN2ZpVFBJYWxHbnV4dz09.webp?v=1769742709","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-illusions-of-postmodernism-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}