The recent international discussion on the modern and the postmodern has occurred on an aesthetic or philosophical basis without examining the social prerequisites and correspondences of these terms.
This book explores the evolution of Western societies over the last one hundred and fifty years and shows how the collapse of the urban way of thinking and living has coincided with the formation of postmodern ideologies and attitudes.
The analysis operates on multiple levels; it encompasses not only the political changes that took place during the transition from classical liberalism to mass democracy but also the changes brought about in social and personal life by modern technology, contemporary division of labor, and youth movements.
Particular attention is given to the ideological shifts, which are identified through structural analyses of modern literature, art, philosophy, and science.
An introduction written specifically for the Greek edition examines the texture and fate of urban culture in our country.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
