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A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture.
Niall Lucy was Professor of Critical Theory at Curtin University and founding co-editor of the international journal. His books include Literary Theory: An Introduction (Wiley Blackwell, 1997), A Derrida Dictionary (Wiley Blackwell, 2004), and Pomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder (2010). A leading figure in and postmodernism, Lucy died in 2014.
Preface x
Note on contributors xiii
Description xiv
Introduction 1
Dictionary
Barthes, Roland (Tony Thwaites) 3
Baudrillard, Jean (Niall Lucy) 7
Cultural studies (John Hartley) 12
Culture (Niall Lucy) 19
Deconstruction (Claire Colebrook) 27
Deleuze, Gilles and Guattari, Felix (Claire Colebrook) 30
Derrida, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 34
Dialogue (John Hartley) 39
Differend (Niall Lucy) 44
Discourse (Robert Briggs) 52
Eco, Umberto (John Hartley) 56
Essence (Robert Briggs) 62
Foucault, Michel (Robert Briggs) 69
Globalization (John Hartley) 76
Habermas, Jürgen (Claire Colebrook) 81
Hassan, Ihab (Darren Tofts) 84
Hyperreality (Robert Briggs) 89
Jameson, Fredric (Niall Lucy) 96
Jencks, Charles (John Hartley) 105
Lacan, Jacques (Tony Thwaites) 110
Lyotard, Jean-François (Niall Lucy) 113
Metanarrative (Niall Lucy) 118
Minor(itarian) (Niall Lucy) 128
Modernism (Niall Lucy) 130
Modernity (Niall Lucy) 137
New media (McKenzie Wark) 139
Paraliterature (Darren Tofts) 144
Phrase (Claire Colebrook) 148
Poststructuralism (Tony Thwaites) 149
Punk (McKenzie Wark) 151
Remix (Darren Tofts) 156
Representation (Darren Tofts) 160
Ronell, Avital (Claire Colebrook) 164
Semiotics (Niall Lucy and John Hartley) 167
Simulation (Niall Lucy) 172
Situationism (McKenzie Wark) 178
Sokal affair (McKenzie Wark) 182
Transcendental signified (Robert Briggs) 188
Truth (Tony Thwaites) 190
?i?ek, Slavoj (Tony Thwaites) 194
References 196
Index
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