Postmodern theory: Critical interrogations (Communications and culture)

Politics & Social Sciences

Douglas Kellner

Steven Best

Social Sciences

Macmillan

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics between the Modern and the Post-modern

Routledge

The Postmodern Adventure: Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

Massive geopolitical shifts and dramatic developments in computerization and biotechnology are heralding the transformation from the modern to the postmodern age. We are confronted with altered modes of work, communication, and entertainment; new postindustrial and political networks; novel approaches to warfare; genetic engineering; and even cloning. This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the success of Best and Kellner s two previous books: Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field, and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments in the arts, politics, science, and theory. In The Postmodern Adventure, Best and Kellner analyze a broad array of literary, cultural, and political phenomena--from fiction, film, science, and the Internet, to globalization and the rise of a transnational image culture. They use the best of modern and postmodern perspectives to illuminate contemporary life and to strive for a just and viable future.    Gold Medal Winner in Philosophy--ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards

Philosophy

Sociology

Guilford Pubn

In this work, Douglas Kellner brings new light to bear upon the development and contemporary implications of critical theory. The origins of critical theory, he argues, were connected to the transition from classical to state-organized capitalism. While some of the perspectives of critical theory are vital to social analysis today, in other basic respects the approach of critical theory must be updated to be able to confront the changes which have intervened in Western society over the past quarter of a century. The dialectical revision of Marxian theory carried out by the Frankfurt authors must now be applied to their own works to generate a critical interpretation of today's social world. This, Kellner argues, requires a reassessment of the previous critical theory analysis of contemporary capitalism through new perspectives which take account of developments in consumer, media, technological, cultural and other spheres of what Kellner calls "techno-capitalism".

Critical theory, Marxism, and modernity

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Polity Press

Kellner explores the effects of historical crises of capitalism and Marxism on critical theory and reflects on the continued relevance or obsolescence of Marxism and critical theory. Kellner writes, "As we move into the 1990s critical theory might help produce theoretical and political perspectives which could be part of a Left Turn that could reanimate the political hopes of the 1960s, while helping overcome and reverse the losses and regression of the 1980s."

Critical Theory, Marxism and Modernity

Polity Press, Cambridge

1. This is the first fulllength study of Baudrillards work in English. Baudrillard is a very trendy figure, so this book should do well 2. Kellner has written a sober and critical introduction to the work of this much discussed French thinker.

Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond.

Stanford University Press

New theories about the radical break with the traditions of modernism in literature, architecture, cinema, mass media, and consumer culture began emerging in the late 70s from writers as diverse as Baudrillard, Lyotard, Kroker, Jencks, and importantly Fredric Jameson who leads the effort to bring Marxist cultural critique forward into the postmodernism debate. This volume appraises Jameson's work and Marxism as a conceptual framework for theorizing postmodernism.

Postmodernism: Jameson : Critique (Postmodern Positions)

Maisonneuve Pr

Postmodernism, Philosophy, Sociology

Postmodernism Jameson Critique (Post Modern Positions Series)

The Critical Media Literacy Guide (Brill Guides to Scholarship in Education, 2)

Over half the world's population is now online, interconnected through a globally-networked media and consumer society. The convergence of information, media, and technology has created the predominant ecosystem of our time. Yet, most educational institutions are still teaching what and how they have for centuries, and are thus increasingly out-of-date and out-of-touch with our current needs. The Critical Media Literacy Guide: Engaging Media and Transforming Education provides a theoretical framework and practical applications for educators and teacher education programs to transform education by putting critical media literacy into action in classrooms with students from kindergarten to university. Douglas Kellner and Jeff Share lay out the evolution of thinking and development of media and cultural studies, from the Frankfurt School to current intersectional theories about information and power that highlight the importance of race, gender, class, and sexuality. They provide insightful and accessible entry into theorizing education and information communication technologies through linking the politics of representation with critical pedagogy. The increase in fake news, alternative facts, bots, and trolls, challenge our abilities to judge credibility and recognize bias. Kellner and Share present a critical lens and strategies to contextualize and analyze the dominant ideologies going viral across social media platforms and disseminated globally from enormous transnational corporations. The Critical Media Literacy Guide is a powerful resource to analyze and challenge representations and narratives of multiple forms of identity, privilege, and oppression. Since the struggle for social justice and democracy require new theories and pedagogies to maneuverer the constantly changing terrain, this book is essential for all educators.

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Brill | Sense

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Postmodern theory: Critical interrogations (Communications and culture)

Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics between the Modern and the Post-modern

The Postmodern Adventure: Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

The Postmodern Adventure: Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

Critical theory, Marxism, and modernity

Critical Theory, Marxism and Modernity

Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond.

Postmodernism: Jameson : Critique (Postmodern Positions)

Postmodernism Jameson Critique (Post Modern Positions Series)

The Critical Media Literacy Guide (Brill Guides to Scholarship in Education, 2)