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Reality Isn't What It Used to Be

by Walter Truett Anderson · 1990

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Anderson reveals the reality of postmodernism in politics, popular culture, religion, literary criticism, art, and philosophy — making sense of everything from deconstructionism to punk.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 304 pages

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