Postmodernism and the Re-Reading of Modernity (Essex Symposia, Literature, Politics, Theory)

Introduction : Angelus novus Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, categoy / Peter Osborne Watching the detectives / Kristin Ross The long run of modernity, or, an essay on post-dating / Adrian Rifkin Suffering from reminiscences / Michael Newman Traducing history : Benjamin, language, politics / Kenneth Lea Science fiction and postmodernity / Jonathan Benison Down the road, or, history rehearsed / Elaine Jordan Spectators of postmodern art : from Minimalism to feminism / Margaret Iversen Rethinking the public sphere : a contribution to the critique of actually existing democracy / Nancy Fraser Is Enlightenment emancipatory? : a feminist reading of "What is Englightenment" / Jane Flax Whistling in the dark : affirmation and despair in postmodernism / Jay Bernstein Writing in the lifeworld : deconstruction as a paradigm of transition to postmodernism / Peter Dews. This work is based on a three-day symposium (one of a series) which addressed itself to the historical questions thrown up by the idea of the postmodern, and its relation to modernity and modernism. To this end, contributors from politics, history and literature have offered their views.