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041			_aeng.
082			_a801.9509045 _bBES-P
100			_aBest, Steven. _eauthor.
245			_aPostmodern theory : _bcritical interrogations / _cSteven Best and Douglas Kellner.
260			_aLondon : _bMacmillan, _c1991.
300			_a320p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today. Best and Kellner provide: * An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory * A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity * A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies. The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aCriticism.
650			_aPostmodernism.
650			_aLiterature _xHistory and criticism _xTheory.
700			_a Kellner, Douglas _eEnglish.
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