Postmodernity USA

The Crisis of Social Modernism in Postwar America

By: Anthony B Woodiwiss

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Paperback | 24 March 1993

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In "Postmodernity USA", Anthony Woodiwiss re-examines the political, economic and social life of the United States over the past 60 years. Exploring the rise and fall of modernism as a social ideology, he offers a distinctive and original interpretation of the unique experience of American modernity and the arrival of postmodernity. The result is both a novel history of postwar America and a significant contribution to the idea of postmodernism as a social and cultural condition. Among the distinctive features of the book are: a provocative and stimulating account of change in American society from the New Deal through the 1960s to the present day; a unique account of the dominant discourse of American society, how it has evolved and how it influences current social, political and economic life; a reappraisal of American postmodernity which recognizes it as a consequence of the contradictions and failures of modernity; an examination of how the forgetting of modernism is reflected in key instances of contemporary American political discourse, social science and popular culture. This coherent and challenging analysis of American postmodernity also carries lessons for the general understanding of class, culture and politics in late industrial societies. Offering an innovative synthesis of postmodernist and Marxist approaches, it will be essential reading for scholars and students as a key interdisciplinary text.

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`This book has two functions, it is intended as both an account of modern American development focussing on the late 1960s, and also a polemic on the state of modern sociology. Woodiwiss argues that postmodern theory is essentially bereft in foundational terms but does seem to have some interesting things to say about modern America as a corporist state.... The author covers a substantial range of material including setting up a modified Marxist class theory and a fresh image of social mobility... a very well-written and entertaining blend of critical theory and history. Much more of this kind of analysis is to be welcomed' - American Studies

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