HIEU 580 - Postmodernism: Contexts and Anticipations

Studies the notions of postmodernism and postmodernity. The names are recent and much in dispute, but the various phenomena they designate seem interesting and important. Plays postmodernism off against modernism in its several senses (aesthetic, sociological, philosophical), and examines earlier anticipations of the recent intellectual conflict. (IR)

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some modest prior background in intellectual history, philosophy, literature, art, architecture, or music.

Credits: 3