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Title: POSTMODERNISM RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD
THE RETURN TO REALISM IN AMERICAN THOUGHT
By: Peter A. Lawler
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0847694259
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Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Pub. date: 5 August, 1999
Series: American Intellectual Culture
Pages: 204
Description: This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors.
Synopsis: Postmodernism Rightly Understood is a dramatic return to realism-a poetic attempt to attain a true understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the postmodern predicament. Prominent political theorist Peter Augustine Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism.
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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
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