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A major new critique, providing a balanced account of postmodernism's strengths and failings and exposing popular brands of postmodern thought, from one of the country's leading critical theorists.
Synopsis
In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought.