About this title: First published in 1983, "The Anti-Aesthetic" is a touchstone volume for postmodern dialogue and theory. Contributors include: Jurgen Habermas, Frederic Jameson, Edward Said, Kenneth Frampton, and Douglas Crimp.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: VERY_GOOD. Third printing (1985) in very good condition. Slight shelf wear to cover corners. Faint price stamp on top of first inner page. Outer pages show stain (light brown, likely splased with tea or coffee) at top corner (no warpage, barely discerable). No other marks or flaws. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Bay Press, Port Townsend, WA
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780941920025ISBN:094192002X
Description: Good-Cheap Reading Copy. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A Good cheap reading copy. Creasing, light scuffing, light soiling, and edge/corner wear to wraps. Soiling to page edges. Highlighting to text. Former owner's name in ink to half-title page. read more
Description: 5th American printing from 1987. This book has few markings and is in NF (near fine) condition. It is a paperback copy, and thus has no dustjacket. NOT an ex-lib. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bay Press (WA)
Date Published: 1983-09
ISBN-13:9780941920018ISBN:0941920011
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"This is one of the best books on postmodern theory out there. It didn't make me want to hit my head on anything, and actually clarified a few issues for me. A must read for anyone curious about postmodernism or writing about American art since 1940."
"I really enjoyed the Fredric Jameson essay and regret not knowing about him during my stint in Santa Cruz, where he heads up the history of consciousness. In his essay, called something like"Post-modernism and Consumer Society" (I no longer have the book), he breaks down two defining features of post-modernism: pastiche and a second more unique facet where he describes the way in which post-modernist work may be experienced as dislocated from linear history.
This second facet is likened to the way a schizophrenic may experience something without a sense of it's historical meaning nor the potential to build meaning in the future (this historically-grounded sense is how we choose to ignore or engage with aspects of the world, in order to inform who we are and our sense of meaning in life). That object or event no longer has anything to present but it's "objecthood" to an overwhelming degree. He gives some good examples of how this schizophrenic sense of signification shows itself in art.
I won't repeat the way that he ties these aspects of post-modernism into consumer society because it is a short essay and worth reading for yourself. My review hardly touches on the thesis of the essay, but instead just highlights part that I found particularly interesting. So I promise I haven't spoiled anything for you."
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