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Guide to contemporary Culture |
£9.99 |
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Veith, Gene Edward |
Catalogue number: B.1.481
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The modern era is over. Assumptions that shaped twentieth century thought and culture, the bridges we crossed to this present moment, have blown up. The post -modern age has begun. Just what is postmodernism? The average person would be shocked by its creed: truth, meaning and individual identity do not exist. Human life has no special significance, no more value than animal or plant life. All social relationships, all institutions, all moral values are expressions and masks of the primal will to power. Alarmingly, these ideas have gripped universities, which turn out lawyers, judges, writers, journalists, teachers and other culture shapers. Postmodernist ideas have seeped into films, television, art, literature, politics, and, without knowing it, into the head of the average person in the street. This book offers clear guidance to those who want to understand what is happening in our society today. Major sections on Post Modern thought, art, society, and religion. Veith is professor of English At Concordia University, Wisconsin.
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Section: B
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