Böcker i Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture-serien

Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the postmodern turn, the unstated agenda of neoconservative cultural theory and a discussion of Walter Benjamin's place in cultural studies are included in the text.

This study examines the affinity for anarchism that developed among late 19th-century writers, and shows that anarchism is the key aesthetic principle informing the work of modernist figures. Weir concludes that anarchism is still with us as cultural condition, if not a political one.

Written from a non-Western point of view, this work offers a fresh perspective on the postcommunist literary scene. The four sections of the book - literature, ideology, culture and methodology - reflect the range of postmodernism in contemporary Russia.

Philippe Aries (1914-1984) was a singular figure in French intellectual life. He was both a political reactionary and a sectarian royalist who supported the Vichy. In this book, Patrick H. Hutton explores the relationship between Aries's life and thought and evaluates his contribution to modern historiography, in France and abroad.