Post-everything: An intellectual history of post-concepts - Hardcover

 
9781526148193: Post-everything: An intellectual history of post-concepts
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1526148196 ISBN 13: 9781526148193
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Postmodern, postcolonial and post-truth are broadly used terms. But where do they come from? When and why did the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms emerge? And who exactly were the ‘post boys’ responsible for this?

Post-everything examines why post-Christian, post-industrial and post-bourgeois were terms that resonated, not only among academics, but also in the popular press. It delves into the historical roots of postmodern and poststructuralist, while also subjecting more recent post-constructions (posthumanist, postfeminist) to critical scrutiny.

This study is the first to offer a comprehensive history of post-concepts. In tracing how these concepts found their way into a broad range of genres and disciplines, Post-everything contributes to a rapprochement between the history of the humanities and the history of the social sciences.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Herman Paul is Professor of the History of the Humanities at Leiden University

Adriaan van Veldhuizen is a scientific researcher for the Dutch government

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Postmodern, postcolonial, postfeminist, and now even post-truth – it seems as if ‘post-concepts’ are everywhere. This, however, has not always been the case. Some exceptions notwithstanding, the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms dates back no further than the 1950s, when a postwar generation tried to make sense of a world full of change.

Post-everything examines why post-Christian, post-industrial, and post-bourgeois were terms that resonated, not only among academics, but also in the popular press. It traces the historical roots of postmodern and poststructuralist, while also subjecting more recent post-constructions (posthumanist, postfeminist) to critical scrutiny.

This volume is unique in approaching these concepts from a historical point of view. Instead of engaging theoretically with post-ideology or post-capitalism, the volume offers historical explanations for their emergence and popularity. It paints vivid portraits of intellectuals (the ‘post boys’, as they were initially called) who brought these concepts into circulation – from German theologians fighting the Nazi regime to literary theorists inviting Jacques Derrida to a conference in the US.

In tracing post-terms through a broad variety of genres and fields, Post-everything illustrates the potential of a broadly conceived history of knowledge, while also contributing, more specifically, to a rapprochement between the history of the humanities and the history of the social sciences.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1526148196
ISBN 13 
9781526148193
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
268
Herausgeber
Paul Herman, Veldhuizen Adriaan Van
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