This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity.

"Earnest, relentless, and frequently compelling, Samuels offers a sobering analysis of some of the ways that cultural studies, new media, and the university itself have failed our hopes for democracy. You won't agree with everything in this book, but you'll pop onto his blog to argue with him about it." - Marc Bousquet, Author of How The University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation

Autorentext
ROBERT SAMUELS is Lecturer, UCLA, USA, Writing Programs.

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Auto-Modernity: Autonomy and Automation after Postmodernity Henry Jenkins: Cultural Studies, New Media and the Ends of the Modern University After Frederic Jameson: A Practical Critique of Pure Theory and Postmodernity The Political without Politics: Slavoj Zizek and the Psychoanalysis of Automodernity On the Psychopathology of the New Right: From Jurassic Park to the Gendered Culture Wars The Automodern University: The Universal Individual and the Backlash Against Social Discourse Grand Theft Automodernity: Globalizing Individualism and Cultural Nihilism from Eminem to The Matrix Postmodern Education and Social Ethics after Automodernity Taking Back the Automodern University: Postmodern Progressive Social Movements and the Academic Class System Beyond The Zizek-Laclau Debate: Coalition Politics and Academic Theory after Obama