Postmodernism and Cultural Identities: Conflicts and Coexistence

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Catholic University of America Press, 2010 - Literary Criticism - 392 pages
Virgil Nemoianu's book starts from the assumption that, whether we like it or not, we live in a postmodern environment, one characterized by turbulence, fluidity, relativity, commotion, uncertainty, and lightning-fast communication and change.

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Philosophy of Culture in the Present Age
3
Does Postmodernism Have a Substance? II
11
Leibniz Vico and Alternative Modernities
23
Copyright

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Virgil Nemoianu is the William J. Byron Distinguished Professor of Literature and Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and has taught at the Universities of Bucharest, California, London, Cambridge, Cincinnati, and Amsterdam. A member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nemoianu has written, edited, or translated twenty books. He has received Fulbright, Humboldt, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Romanian Cultural Institute.

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