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The Postmodernist Turn - American Thought and Culture in the 1970s (Paperback)
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The Postmodernist Turn - American Thought and Culture in the 1970s (Paperback)
Series: American Thought and Culture
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During the 1970s, the United States became the world's preeminent
postindustrial society. The new conditions changed the way
Americans lived and worked, and even their perceptions of reality.
Americans struggled to find their place in a world where symbol
became more important than fact, appearance more important than
reality, where image supplanted essence. In this reassessment of a
little studied decade, J. David Hoeveler, Jr., finds that the sense
of detachment and dislocation that characterizes the postindustrial
society serves as a paradigm for American thought and culture in
the 1970s. The book examines major developments in literary theory,
philosophy, architecture, and painting as expressions of a 1970s
consciousness. Hoeveler also explores the rival "political"
readings of these subjects and considers the postmodernist
phenomenon as it became an ideological battleground in the decade.
Clear and engaging, the work will be of great interest to
historians, theorists, and everyone who wants to further explore
the 1970s.
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