Books like Postmoderne
Loved Postmoderne by Christa Bürger? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
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- 1The Postmodern Condition
The Postmodern Condition
Jean-François LyotardA foundational 1979 essay on how knowledge and narrative change in late-modern society.
- 2Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Fredric JamesonA Marxist account of postmodern culture as a product of consumer capitalism.
- 3After the Great Divide
After the Great Divide
Andreas HuyssenEssays on modernism, mass culture and the postmodern break, written from a German perspective.
- 4The Anti-aesthetic
The Anti-aesthetic
Hal FosterEssays on postmodern art and criticism that question the autonomy of modernist aesthetics.
- 5The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
Jürgen HabermasLectures that defend the project of modernity against its postmodern critics.
- 6The Illusions of Postmodernism
The Illusions of Postmodernism
Terry EagletonA short, sharp critique of postmodern theory from a Marxist and literary standpoint.
- 7The Origins of Postmodernity
The Origins of Postmodernity
Perry AndersonA historical survey of where the idea of postmodernity came from across the arts and social thought.
- 8Theory of the Avant-garde
Theory of the Avant-garde
Peter BürgerA study of how avant-garde movements challenged the institution of art, a key background to later postmodern debates.
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