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Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Where modernism was serious, absorbed in grand narratives and committed to social progress, its successor was a riot of colour and irreverence, toying with forms and styles, committed to none of them and to nothing. But beneath its glitzy surface, post-modernism hid a dirty secret: it was the fig leaf for a rapacious new kind of capitalism, the bridgehead of the 'post-truth' era in Western values"--
Author
Publisher
Jericho Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It's the end of Christianity as we know it. But it's not a catastrophe-it's an opportunity. Thousands are walking away from the church. Christians are grappling with their faith. And both believers and nonbelievers wondering-what's coming next? Fearless and provocative, spiritual trailblazer Christian Piatt offers a roadmap to the future of faith with an unflinching examination of the church today. What's left? Pairing the best "virtues" and worst...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city and the career that nearly...
12) Flinch of song
Author
Publisher
Tupelo Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Moving metaphorically from birth to death, including resignation and a prayer for mercy, a poet grapples with human existence by conveying the smaller, everyday tragedies of family life"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Brazos Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"While not among the first titles to present a Christian perspective on postmodern thought, this is among the best. White, who teaches philosophy at the University of North Carolina, offers an astute and highly readable analysis that demystifies without oversimplifying"--Publishers Weekly.
Author
Publisher
Totem Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Postmodernism seemed to promise an end to the grim Cold War era of nuclear confrontation and oppressive ideologies. The notoriously proclaimed 'end of history', the triumph of liberal democracy over Communist tyranny, proved to be an illusion, and we awoke in the anxious grip of globalization, unpredictable terrorism and unforeseen war. Has the 21st century resolved the question of postmodernism or are we more than ever ensnared in its perplexities?...
18) Postmodernism
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Essays explain Postmodernism with an overview of writers and their works from the time.
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Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 1998 Eugene M. Kayden National University Press Book Prize, University of Colorado at Boulder" Arthur C. Danto (1924–2013) was the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and art critic for The Nation. His books include What Art Is, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, Embodied Meanings, Beyond the Brillo Box, and Encounter and Reflections, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Prize in Criticism....