Alan Kirby (writer)
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Alan Kirby is the author of The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond
and of Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure Our Culture, a book-length study of the same subject. Along with Nicolas Bourriaud
, Gilles Lipovetsky
, Raoul Eshelman, Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker he is an analyst of culture
in the aftermath of postmodernism. Kirby believes that postmodernism
began to retreat in the late 1990s, and has been superseded as a cultural dominant by what he calls "digimodernism" ("pseudomodernism" in the original article).
Kirby also published "Time for a New 'Ism'?" in the New Statesman
on the death of Jean Baudrillard
.
He lives and teaches in Oxford
.
The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond
The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond is an essay by the British cultural critic Alan Kirby. It was first published in the British journal Philosophy Now, no. 58 in 2006 and has been widely reproduced since. It became the basis for his book Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the...
and of Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure Our Culture, a book-length study of the same subject. Along with Nicolas Bourriaud
Nicolas Bourriaud
Nicolas Bourriaud is a French curator and art critic. He co-founded, and from 1999 to 2006 was co-director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris together with Jerôme Sans. He was also founder and director of the contemporary art magazine Documents sur l'art , and correspondent in Paris for Flash Art from...
, Gilles Lipovetsky
Gilles Lipovetsky
Gilles Lipovetsky is a French philosopher, writer and sociologist, professor at the University of Grenoble....
, Raoul Eshelman, Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker he is an analyst of culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
in the aftermath of postmodernism. Kirby believes that postmodernism
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...
began to retreat in the late 1990s, and has been superseded as a cultural dominant by what he calls "digimodernism" ("pseudomodernism" in the original article).
Kirby also published "Time for a New 'Ism'?" in the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
on the death of Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism.-Life:...
.
He lives and teaches in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
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External links
- The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond, Philosophy NowPhilosophy NowPhilosophy Now is a philosophy magazine, published every two months and sold from news-stands and bookstores in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. It aims to appeal to the general educated public, as well as to students and philosophy teachers. It was founded in 1991...
magazine - Introduction to Digimodernism
- Article on The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond
- Essay by Kirby on theories of post-postmodernism
- Time for a New 'Ism'? New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
magazine - Postmodernism Curbed? Henri Art Magazine
- Postmodernism is Out Digimodernism is In The Scavenger