Postmodernism

'Postmodernism' is the name given to a range of philosophical positions andesthetic styles that have developed since the 1950s. Underlyingostmodernism is the belief that all human knowledge is limited andulturally conditioned. In this new title in the Lion Access Guides series,evin O'Donnell takes us on an enlightening tour of postmodernist philosophy its origins and the main tenets of postmodernist ideas. His tour also takesn related subjects such as the arts, ethics, politics and theology. Topicsovered include: What is Postmodernism; The Nature of Truth;econstructionism; Derrida and the Poststructuralists; The Feminine; The Selfnd Personality; Art, Politics and Ethics; and Scepticism or the Possibilityf Faith.