The Emergence of Post-modernity at the Intersection of Liberalism, Capitalism, and Secularism

The Center Cannot Hold

Matthew McManus author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:8th Sep '22

Should be back in stock very soon

This hardback is available in another edition too:

The Emergence of Post-modernity at the Intersection of  Liberalism, Capitalism, and Secularism cover

This book is a systematic and thorough analysis of what post-modernity is and how it emerged. It distinguishes between those who regard post-modernity as a theoretical approach and those who regard it as a culture, and argues that interpreting post-modernity as a culture is more fruitful. It discusses the three factors which led to its emergence, namely liberalism, capitalism, and secularism, highlighting their respective influence in generating the culture of post-modernity within neoliberal societies.

The volume provides a lengthy analysis of neoliberal post-modernity in practice, arguing that post-modernism is the cultural condition of neoliberal societies in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Until recently it seemed that neoliberal post-modernity was here to stay, framed by relationship to freedom and time which stressed individual agency but precluded the possibility of historical change at the political level. However, the Great Recession of2008 opened new spaces for agitation and transformation which has resulted in the discordant politics of the last decade. This book will be of interest to scholars working in a number of fields, including economic policy, cultural analysis, political theory, and social critique.

ISBN: 9783030989699

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

311 pages

1st ed. 2022