This revised and expanded second edition of Cahoone's classic anthology provides an unparalleled collection of the essential readings in modernism and postmodernism. The anthology puts contemporary debate in the context of the criticism of modernity since the seventeenth century, thus allowing the reader to appreciate postmodernism by first understanding the development of modernity.Chronologically and thematically arranged, this volume's breadth and depth of coverage ensures that it will be an indispensable and multidisciplinary resource in philosophy, literature, cultural studies, social theory, and religious studies.

Author Biography

Lawrence E. Cahoone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross. He is author of The Dilemma of Modernity: Philosophy, Culture, and Anticulture (1989), Civil Society: The Conservative Meaning of Liberal Politics (Blackwell 2002), and The Ends of Philosophy: Foundationalism, Pragmatism, and Postmodernism (Blackwell 2002).