Postmodernism and Japan
β Scribed by Masao Miyoshi (editor); Harry Harootunian (editor); Stanley Fish (editor); Fredric Jameson (editor)
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 330
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Postmodernism and Japan is a coherent yet diverse study of the dynamics of postmodernism, as described by Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze, and Guatarri, from the often startling perspective of a society bent on transforming itself into the image of Western βenlightenmentβ wealth and power. This work provides a unique view of a society in transition and confronting, like its models in the West, the problems induced by the introduction of new forms of knowledge, modes of production, and social relationships.
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