Ross Abbinnett is a Lecturer in the School of Social and Historical Studies at the University of Portsmouth
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Introduction PART ONE: POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM Levinas and Bauman The Ethics of Care Beck and Giddens Risk and Reflexive Modernity Baudrillard Media and Simulation Lyotard and Jameson Postmodernity and the Aesthetic Derrida Deconstruction and Identity PART TWO: MEDIA, CULTURE AND IDENTITY Technology, Ideology and the Culture Industry Information, Simulation and the `Silent Majorities' The Postmodern and the Sublime Culture, Politics, Differance PART THREE: POSTMODERNISM AND THE END OF HISTORY Derrida, Fukuyama and the `New World Order' Science, Technology and Catastrophe Capitalism, Globalization and Cosmopolitanism
`Ross Abbinnett brings a keen and subtle philosophical mind to bear on themes and debates that have become commonplace in sociology. This is a sinuously written book which casts new light on pressing contemporary issues. It is required reading for everyone who wants to think seriously and with an open mind about the terrain of the present' - Keith Tester, Professor of Sociology, University of Portsmouth