Postmodernity

Barry Smart

WHAT IS POSTMODERNITY?

HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM MODERNITY?

At last, here is a short and authoritative critical introduction to one of the most talked-about and most misunderstood concepts of current times. Barry Smart provides a clear and readable discussion for students which also manages to be a shrewd and stimulating contribution to the debate about modernity and postmodernity. Rigorous and perceptive, it will be essential reading for all those interested in the concept of postmodernity.

Barry Smart is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the editor of a series of monographs on Social Futures and his most recent book is Modern Conditions, Postmodern Controversies.