The Postmodern Turn by Ihab Hassan

Essays in Postmodern Theory and Culture

A concise survey of the cultural and intellectual shift away from modernist faith in grand narratives and unified progress toward an era defined by fragmentation, pluralism, and skepticism about universal truths; it traces how changes in literature, art, philosophy, and social theory reflect a focus on language, intertextuality, pastiche, and the decentered subject, and argues for new critical practices that respond to uncertainty, plurality, and the erosion of stable foundations.