This book explores American thought and culture in the formative moment of the late 20th century, in the aftermath of th
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Table of contents :
Preface: The world elsewhere is not --
Chronology --
"From dusk to dawn" : origins and effects of the Reagan revolution --
"Tenured radicals" in the ivory tower : the great transformation of higher education --
The creators and constituents of the "postmodern condition" --
"Signs of signs" : watching the end of modernity at the cineplex --
"Angels in America" : technologies of desire and recognition --
The ending of the "American century" --
Appendix: Their Great Depression and ours.