{"product_id":"rosenbergbartheshassan-jerome-klinkowitz-9780820340166","title":"Rosenberg\/Barthes\/Hassan: The Postmodern Habit of Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eJerome Klinkowitz presents an opening attempt to define postmodernism as it applies to the arts and culture. \u003ci\u003eRosenberg\/Barthes\/Hassan\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the work of three critics who came to prominence in the 1960s, an era of social, ideological, and aesthetic turmoil. Sharing a disdain for modernism's authoritarianism, elitism, and sterile preoccupation with despair, the three critics called for a postmodern art that would emphasize action, reality, and immanence and offer fresh envisionings of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKlinkowitz traces the progression of thought that links the work of critic Harold Rosenberg, who introduced the concept of \"action painting\"; the semiotician Roland Barthes, who redefined art, culture, and ideology as language systems; and visionary literary scholar Ihab Hassan, whose works call for nothing less than a rethinking of man's place within the material and spiritual universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome Klinkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820340162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820340166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Jerome Klinkowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579613102335,"sku":"9780820340166","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dddd8d8-132a-479e-b63d-8735a2dea45b.jpg?v=1763875413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rosenbergbartheshassan-jerome-klinkowitz-9780820340166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}