New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory after Postmodernism - Automodernity from Zizek to Laclau (Hardcover)

This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity. Part of this rethinking entails stressing how the progressive political aspects of postmodernism need to be separated from the aesthetic consumption of differences in automoderntiy. Choosing culturally relevant studies of The Matrix, Grand Theft Auto, Eminem and Jurassic Park, he interprets these medias through the lens of eminent theorists like Slavoj Zizek, Frederic Jameson, and Henry Jenkins. Ultimately, he argues that what defines postmodernity is the stress on social construction, secular humanism, and progressive social movements that challenge the universality and neutrality of modern reason.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	R. Samuels
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-61981-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology
LSN:	0-230-61981-9
Barcode:	9780230619814

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