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Critical modernism : where is post-modernism going? / Charles Jencks.

Title
Critical modernism : where is post-modernism going? / Charles Jencks.
Author
Jencks, Charles
Publication
Chichester : Wiley-Academy, 2007.

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240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.); 26 cm.
Summary
Jencks considers the concept of post-modernism as it relates to the arts and literature, and offers a spirited defence of the movement against the growing Modernist reaction. The completely revised text contains numerous new examples.
Subject
  • Postmodernism
  • Arts, Modern > 20th century
  • Architecture, Postmodern
  • Postmodernisme
  • Arts > 20e siècle
  • Architecture postmoderne
Note
  • Previous ed.: published as What is post-modernism? London: Academy Editions, 1996.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Origins and battles -- Hybrid culture -- The blurred society -- Waning nations, rising heterarchy -- Cosmogenesis and the universe project -- Critical modernism.
ISBN
  • 9780470030110 (pbk.)
  • 0470030119 (pbk.)
  • 0470030100 (hbk.)
  • 9780470030103 (hbk.)
OCLC
72868175
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library