Ecology and the End Postmodernism

Summary

In 1979 Jean-Francois Lyotard claimed to have laid the 'grand narrative' to rest. Yet the ecological disasters of recent years Myerson argues, herald a return of the big story, and in a new way are a legitmation, after all, of science. Once again, the minutiae of the everyday are simultaneously part of the bigger picture...

Product details

• Authors: George Myerson
• Assisted by: Richard Appignanesi (Editor)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2001
• EAN: 9781840462791
• ISBN: 978-1-84046-279-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Postmodern Encounters; Postmodern Encounters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, popular science, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, ANF:Science