Postmodernism Rightly Understood: The Return to Realism in American Thought

by Peter Augustine Lawler

Book Overview

Postmodernism Rightly Understood is a dramatic return to realism-a poetic attempt to attain a true understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the postmodern predicament. Prominent political theorist Peter Augustine Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. Lawler examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five respected and best selling American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847694267
• ISBN13: 9780847694266
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"