Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Christopher Butler
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Author: Christopher ButlerEdition: Paperback
Published: 2003-01-16
ISBN: 0192802399
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Unintelligible for the uninitiated
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm a student of contemporary art, and I consider myself educated and well read, but I find even this brief "introduction" to be chock full of the jargon and philosophical pretensions of a lot of high-level art criticism. Even though the author playfully tries to put these pretensions in their place, the book is still very dense and filled with the philosophical verbiage of the postmodern art criticism world.
That being said, this book is a surprisingly comprehensive review of the philosophical underpinnings of the postmodern movement. But it's frustrating and dense, and if you're not already fascinated by this world, it will bore you to death.
Summary of Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable introduction the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged, as they figure in the theory, philosophy, politics, ethics and artwork of the period, and it is shown how they have interacted within a postmodernist culture.Modern Books
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