Balkanization of the West - The Confluence of Postmodernism and Postcommunism

This book takes the lid off the confused Western response to the Balkan war. The author raises a series of timely and acute questions about the future of postmodernism and postcommunism.

List of contents

1 From the postmodern culture of fun to the grim realities of Postcommunism 2 Still hunting Nazis, and losing reality 3 Unwelcome alternatives 4 The postmodernist as voyeur 5 The end of morality? 6 What went wrong with the Enlightenment project? 7 What would a genuine post-Marxism be like? 8 Conclusions

About the author

Stjepan Meštrovi? is Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University.

Summary

This book takes the lid off the confused Western response to the Balkan war. The author raises a series of timely and acute questions about the future of postmodernism and postcommunism.

Additional text

`The Balkanization of the West is academia at its most provocative and committed, an attempt to pull postmodernism out of theoretical abstraction and invest it with the beginnings of political action.' - Langauge Intl

Product details

• Authors: Mestrovic, Dr Stjepan Mestrovic, Dr Stjepan (Texas A & M University Mestrovic, Stjepan Mestrovic
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138155299
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15529-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories