Publisher's Synopsis
In this book, the author provides a summary of the main tenents of modernism in art, and then considers the phenomenon of post-modernism, allegedly the central condition of art in the post-war world, one determined by popular culture, feminism, historical styles and new trends in psychoanalysis and philosophy.;A major purpose of this book is to place post-modernism in its critical perspective, amidst the other media forms and financial institutions of the day. At the end of the book the author argues for a new forms of realism, one which might prove capable of addressing the important questions of our time such as the present state of capitalism in the West, the arms industry and social patterns created by rapidly changing manufacturing and information systems.
