Over the past fifty years, postmodern theory—an umbrella term generally used to refer to such diverse theoretical movements and paradigms as post-structuralism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstruction ...

Postmodernism is a big, cumbersome word, but that’s fitting because the concept is big and cumbersome. The fact is, however, we are living in this “ism” right now. As Bob Dylan summed it up at the ...

"First published as a Very Short Introduction 2002"--Title page verso. "Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short ...