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The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

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The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

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Full title

The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

Publisher

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1993.

Date

1993.

Call Numbers

N149.9/5

Record Identifier

74VK6KQGblqO

MMS ID

991020853539702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

333 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

The 'End of Ideology' Again: Old Themes for New Times -- 'What Is Enlightenment': Foucault on Kant -- For Truth in Criticism: William Empson and the Claims of Theory -- Kant Disfigured: Ethics, Deconstruction and the Textual Sublime -- Getting at Truth: Genealogy, Critique and Postmodern Scepticism.

Publication information

Publisher

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1993.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1993.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"As its title suggests, The Truth About Postmodernism disputes a good deal of what currently passes for advanced theoretical wisdom. Above all it mounts a challenge to those fashionable doctrines - variants of the 'end-of-ideology' theme - that assimilate truth to some existing range of language-games, discourses, or in-place consensus beliefs. Nor...

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The truth about postmodernism / Christopher Norris.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.

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Call Numbers

N149.9/5

Record Identifier

74VK6KQGblqO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK6KQGblqO

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ISBN

0631187189 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

9780631187172 (acid-free paper)

0631187170 (acid-free paper)

9780631187189 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

DDC

149.9

1499

MMS ID

991020853539702626

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