The Future of the Post: New Insights in the Postmodern Debate

The book "The Postmodern Condition: Forty Years Later" explores the ongoing debate around postmodernity, the end of postmodernism, and the advent of new aesthetics, philosophy, and social structures of feelings. It brings together essays from a conference held at the University of Genova in December 2019, analyzing the vitality, legacy, topicality, and historicizing process of postmodernity and postmodernism. It also examines the debate around the crisis of the postmodern paradigm and the emergence of new conceptual frameworks. The book offers a complex description of contemporary society from the 1980s to the present, focusing on topics such as the relationship between humanity and technology, the digital revolution, the social role of representations, the dialectics between image and reality, and the vitality of postmodern stylistic features.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2022
Publisher: Mimesis International

The present volume serves as a compilation of essays from the conference titled "The Postmodern Condition: Forty Years Later," which was held at the University of Genova in December 2019. This conference takes advantage of the fortieth anniversary of Jean-François Lyotard's influential book "The Postmodern Condition," which marked the beginning of a cultural explosion in postmodern philosophy. By revisiting and further exploring the ongoing debates surrounding the core essence of postmodernity, the end of postmodernism, and the emergence of new aesthetics, philosophy, and social structures of feelings that have (or attempted to) transcend the postmodern paradigm, the book aims to rekindle and advance the discussion.

Two interconnected but often separate themes are brought together in this book: on the one hand, an analysis of the vitality, legacy, topicality, and historicizing process of postmodernity and postmodernism; and on the other, an analysis of the debate surrounding the crisis of the postmodern paradigm and the emergence of new conceptual frameworks, often born out of a direct rejection of postmodern critical discourse and philosophy. Through the lenses of various philosophical and aesthetic paradigms, the book offers a comprehensive description of contemporary society, spanning from the 1980s to the present day. It delves into critical topics such as the relationship between humanity and technology, the digital revolution, the social role of representations, the dialectics between image and reality, and the enduring vitality of postmodern stylistic features (such as quotation, metafiction, appropriation, etc.).

By assembling these essays, the book provides a rich and multifaceted perspective on the complexities of postmodernity and its enduring impact on our understanding of the world. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in exploring the ongoing debates and developments within postmodernism and its related fields.

Dimension: 210 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9788869773761