Stephen Turner
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Postmodern, postcolonial and post-truth are broadly used terms. But where do they come from? When and why did the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms emerge? And who exactly were the 'post boys' responsible for this?Post-everything examines why post-Christian, post-industrial and post-bourgeois were terms that resonated, not only among...
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The phrase 'here be monsters' or 'here be dragons' is commonly believed to have been used on ancient maps to indicate unexplored territories which might hide unknown beasts. This book maps and explores places between science and politics that have been left unexplored, sometimes hiding in plain sight - in an era when increased emphasis was put...