The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Postmodern Thought

by Stuart Sim (Editor)

What is "deconstruction"? What authors are considered "postmodern novelists"? The Critical Dictionary of Postmodern Thought combines a series of 14 in-depth background chapters with a body of A-Z entries to create an authoritative, yet truly readable guide to the complex world of postmodernism. Following full-length articles on Postmodernism and philosophy, politics, feminism, lifesyles, television, and other postmodern essentials, readers will find a wide ramge of alphabetically-organized entries on the people, terms and theories connected with postmodernism, Ackroyd, Peter; Baudrillard, Jean; Chaos Theory; Death of the Author; Desire; Fractals; Michel Foucault; Frankfurt School; Generation X; Minimalism; Poststructuralism; Retro; Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty; Trans-avant-garde; and much more. Students concerned with any aspect of postmodernist thought will find this an indispensable resource.

Genres: Reference, Philosophy, Theory

416 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 1999

Reviews

[Jana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good basic reference book for teaching. Also good for looking up something I may run across in my own reading.

[Janie]

Looks pretty heady, but it's a dictionary. I don't have to read it cover to cover.