文档介绍：panionsare theperfectreferenceguides,providingeverythingthe student or general reader needs to , bine the in-depth expertiseofleadingspecialists withstraightforward,jargon-freewriting. In each bookyou'llfind whatyou'relooking for, clearlypresented-whetherthrough an extended article or anA-Zentry- in wayswhichthebeginnercanunderstandand even panionto Feminism and PostfeminismEdited by Sarah panionto The NewCosmologyEdited by Peter paniontoPostmodernismEdited paniontoSemioticsandLinguisticsEdited by Paul PANIONTOPOSTMODERNISMEditedbyStuartSimO{).~L1?~Q~-tti.-.",'"0.,0Franc;.\'\LondonandNewYorkFirstpublishedin the United Kingdom in 1998 by Icon Books LtdasThe Icon CriticalDictionaryofPostmodernThoughtFirstpublishedin the United StatesofAmericain 1999 by RoutledgeasTheRoutledgeCriticalDictionaryofPostmodern ThoughtThis edition firstpublished200 Iby RoutledgeII New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001Routledgeisan imprintofthe Taylor&Francis GroupTextCopyright? 1998, 200 I Stuart SimThe author hasassertedhis moral and bound in Great Britain byTJInternationalLtd, Padstow,CornwallAll rights reserved. No partofthis book may bereprintedorreproducedor utilized in any form or by anyelectronic,mechanical,or other means, now known orhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,or in anyinformationstorage or retrieval system,withoutpermissionin writing from for this book isavailablefrom the British LibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataAcatalogrecord for this book has beenrequestedISBN 0--415-24307--6 (Hbk)ISBN 0--415-24308--4 (Pbk)PartIPart IICONTENTSEditor'sIntroductionContributorsPostmodemism,itsHistoryandCulturalContextPostmodernismandPhilosophyStuartSimPostmodernismandCriticalandCulturalTheoryAntonyEasthopePostmodernismandPoliticslainHamiltonGrantPostmodernismandFeminismSueThornhamPostmodernis