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This second edition responds to the claim that postmodernism is over. It explains the historical connections between the postmodern and globalization. The author shows that the postmodern is less a theory than a condition of social life brought about by the trouble modernity... Read Full Overview

Highly readable and elegantly composed, Postmodernism Is Not What You Think gently demolishes the most malicious misconceptions of the subject by explaining why the postmodern is so emotionally and politically disturbing.

This study aims to demolish the most malicious misconceptions of the subject of postmodernism by explaining why it is so emotionally and politically disturbing. It shows that postmodernism is less a theory than a condition of social life brought about by the trouble modernity... Read Full Overview