Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides) by Stuart Sim

by Stuart Sim

Postmodernism is an important part of the cultural landscape which continues to evolve, yet the ideas and theories surrounding the subject can be diverse and difficult to understand. Fifty Postmodern Thinkers critically examines the work of fifty of the most important theorists within the postmodern movement who have defined and shaped the field, bringing together their key ideas in an accessible format. Drawing on figures from a wide range of subject areas including literature, cultural theory, philosophy, sociology and architecture those covered BarthUmberto EcoSlavoj ZizekCindy ShermanJohn CageJean-Francois LyotardCharles JencksJacques DerridaHomi K. BhabhaQuentin TarantinoEach entry examines the thinkers career, key contributions and theories and refers to their major works. A valuable resource for those studying postmodern ideas at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, this text will appeal across the humanities and social sciences.

Genres: Philosophy

Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Jan Vernee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since the publisher & sellers don't bother to put the complete list on their websites, here it is:
Theodor W. Adorno
Paul Auster
John Barth
Roland Barthes
Jean Baudrillard
Zygmunt Bauman
Daniel Bell
Homi K. Bhabha
Nicolas Bourriaud
Judit Butler
NOT --- John Cage
John D. Caputo
Hélène Cixous
Umberto Eco
Guy Debord
Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari
Jacques Derrida
Umberto Eco
Paul Feyerabend
Michel Foucault
Clifford Geertz
Kenneth J. Gergen
William Gibson
Philip Glass
Stephen Greenblatt
Peter Halley
Donna J. Haraway
David Harvey
Linda Hutcheon
Luce Irigaray
Frederic Jameson
Charles Jencks
Rem Koolhaas
Thomas S. Kuhn
Ernesto Laclau & Chantal Mouffe
David Lynch
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Brian McHale
Benoit M. Mandelbrot
Steve Reich
Richard Rorty
Edward B. Said
Cindy Sherman
Gayatri Spivak
Quentin Tarantino
René Thom
Robert Venturi
Graham Ward
Hayden White
Slavoj Zizek

With 234 pages of real text, gives an average of 234/50 i.e. somewhat less than 5 pages for each thinker (including further reading!) :-)