{"product_id":"in-praise-of-nonsense-ted-hiebert-9780773539747","title":"In Praise of Nonsense: Aesthetics, Uncertainty, and Postmodern Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is truth in the postmodern age? The artistic generation of the twentieth century has grown up immersed in the delirious imagination of postmodern thought, which insists upon the ultimate uncertainty of meaning and that there is no self-evident truth. \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Nonsense\u003c\/i\u003e explores the possibilities and parameters of a postmodern imagination freed from the philosophical responsibilities of fiction, fact, and replication of lived experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMobilizing an array of scholars and contemporary artists, this study examines postmodern thinking through the lenses of identity and visual culture. Speculative, critical, and always creative in its approach, \u003ci\u003e In Praise of Nonsense\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on theories of disappearance, irony, and nonsense, where the pleasures of the imaginary give rise to artistic inspiration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen truth is unhinged, so is falsity, and all artistic thinking is called into question. Ted Hiebert takes on the ambitious project of holding postmodernism accountable for its own conclusions while also considering how those conclusions might still be given philosophical and artistic form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hiebert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773539743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773539747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Ted Hiebert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082562281727,"sku":"9780773539747","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-praise-of-nonsense-ted-hiebert-9780773539747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}