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Title: An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism by Madan Sarup ISBN: 0-8203-1531-1 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Just what it says it is! After consideration.
Comment: I first used Sarup's guide in my early days at university and, at the time, thought this a concise, lucid and accessible introductory text. Later, after coming to grips with the seminal works of the thinkers in Sarup's guide, I realised just how much was taken and used from their texts without any direct references or acknowledgement! I also feel however that sometimes Sarup's prejudices showed, in that certain thinkers and "thought" were given less attention than others according to his own discretion of who was siginificant and important in the academic hierarchy! His reading of Derrida is suspect, here it would be better to get your hands on "Deconstruction" by Christopher Norris as a primer to this essential thinker. Another gripe is the section on Michel Foucault! This is just not good enough. The ramifications of Foucault's work (especially with regard to feminisms, such as the works of Judith Butler and Susan Bordo, and David Halperin's text on Foucault and queer theory,"Saint Foucault"), are still being felt, as his genealogical and archaelogical investigations of power and knowledge, subvert and undermine hegemonies and discourses as we know them. This said, and all-in-all, Sarup offers a fairly comprehensive guide, albeit "very" introductory, of most of the thinkers and thought synonomous with postmodernism and post-structuralism.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent introduction to a deep topic
Comment: The field of cultural criticism can be difficult to approach. Madan Sarup's book provides exactly what the title states, an excellent introduction to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism. His coverage of the critics and philosophers who espouse these schools of thought serve as a solid foundation for further studies. His comparisons of the theories of different authors was especially helpful, as was his treatment of the feminist critics, who seem to be often overlooked.
Rating: 4
Summary: A necessity for understanding our culture
Comment: Sarup's book gives an excellent comprehensive introduction to two of the most prevelant theories/philosophies of literary and cultural criticism. Poststructuralism and Postmodernism are not easy concepts to get a grip on, but Sarup's book will help anyone interested. It is a necessity for anyone who wants to better understand the culture that we all participate in every day. The book outlines the key concepts of the major thinkers of poststructuralism (Derrida, Barthes, Lacan, Foucault) and postmodernism (Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson). It deals with concepts such as deconstruction, psychoanalysis, the relationship between power and history, hyperreality, etc. I recommend it for any student of literature as well as anyone interested in the increasingly popular field of cultural criticism.
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Title: Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-To-Wear Religion, Global Myths, Primitive Chic, and Other Wonders of the Postmodern Wor by Walt Anderson, Walter Truett Anderson ISBN: 0062500171 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu, John B. Thompson ISBN: 0674510410 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn, Thomas S. Kuhn ISBN: 0226458083 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Soul's Code : In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman ISBN: 0446673714 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl ISBN: 0671023373 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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