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Cultural pessimism : narratives of decline in the postmodern world  Cover Image E-book E-book

Cultural pessimism : narratives of decline in the postmodern world

Bennett, Oliver. (Author).

Summary: This text shows how cultural pessimism can be related to the cumulative effect of our key narratives of decline - environmental decline, moral decline, intellectual decline and political decline.

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  • ISBN: 9780748609369
  • ISBN: 0748609369
  • ISBN: 9781474464345
  • ISBN: 1474464343
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 216 pages)
    remote
    Computer data.
  • Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, �2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:september.21
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Ch. 1. Environmental decline -- Ch. 2. Moral decline: warfare, human rights and the crime explosion -- Ch. 3. Intellectual decline: science and art -- Ch. 4. Political decline: the 'new' capitalism -- Ch. 5. Cultural pessimism.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
Pessimism
Postmodernism
Regression (Civilization)
Civilisation -- 1950-
D�ecadence
Pessimisme
Postmodernisme
Civilization, Modern
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Pessimism
Postmodernism
Regression (Civilization)
Verval (geschiedenis)
JSTOR-DDA
Multi-User.
Genre: Electronic books.

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