If you are like most people you're not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject it probably wouldn't tell you.Besides what a few grumpy critics claim Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crisis of our time – the failure of the Enlightenment.Jim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of "maps" that help people find their way through a changing world. Postmodernism For Beginners features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge Jameson on mapping the postmodern Baudrillard on the media Harvey on time-space compression Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze and Guattari on rhizomes. The book also discusses postmodern artifacts such as Madonna cyberpunk Buddhist ecology and teledildonics.
