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In Modernity's Wake: The Ameurunculus Letters
In Modernity's Wake The Ameurunculus Letters Author:Michael Phillipson 1. Postmodernism — 2. Arts, Modern-20th Century — 3. Imaginary Letters. — If you want to write about art, culture, and the issues which are gathered under the label 'postmodern', how do you do so in a style appropriate to what is being claimed? The Ameurunculus letters (written in a future that seems all too close) are a bold and practical attempt ... more »to come to terms with the problem. Written on art's behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, the letters have as their recurring concern the relation between art, culture, and representation: both art AS representation and how art is represented TO and FOR the surrounding culture. The letters explore the context and viability of art through a range of themes, including Writing, the Aestheticisation of Everyday Life, Style, Design, Pleasure, Fragmentation, Hyphenation, Technology, and the Museum.
Drawing on materials from the visual arts, music, literature, post-structuralism, contemporary criticism, philosophy, and sociology, "In Modernity's Wake" will be of relevance to readers across a variety of disciplines who share an interest in debate about modernity and its afterword - postmodernity.« less