Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations
E948281
Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations is a foundational scholarly book that critically examines and synthesizes key debates in postmodern philosophy, culture, and social theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11820977 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations Context triple: [Steven Best, notableWork, Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations]
-
A.
A Primer on Postmodernism
A Primer on Postmodernism is a widely used introductory book in which theologian Stanley Grenz explains the origins, key ideas, and cultural impact of postmodern thought from a Christian perspective.
-
B.
The Postmodern Turn
The Postmodern Turn is a critical work by Douglas Kellner that examines the emergence and implications of postmodern theory and culture in contemporary society.
-
C.
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a seminal 1991 work of critical theory that analyzes postmodern culture as the ideological expression of late twentieth-century multinational capitalism.
-
D.
Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity
"Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity" is a scholarly work by Douglas Kellner that examines the development and relevance of Marxist and critical theory traditions in analyzing the structures and crises of modern and contemporary society.
-
E.
Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond
"Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond" is a critical study by Douglas Kellner that examines and contextualizes Jean Baudrillard’s intellectual development from his early Marxist influences to his later postmodern and poststructuralist theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations Target entity description: Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations is a foundational scholarly book that critically examines and synthesizes key debates in postmodern philosophy, culture, and social theory.
-
A.
A Primer on Postmodernism
A Primer on Postmodernism is a widely used introductory book in which theologian Stanley Grenz explains the origins, key ideas, and cultural impact of postmodern thought from a Christian perspective.
-
B.
The Postmodern Turn
The Postmodern Turn is a critical work by Douglas Kellner that examines the emergence and implications of postmodern theory and culture in contemporary society.
-
C.
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a seminal 1991 work of critical theory that analyzes postmodern culture as the ideological expression of late twentieth-century multinational capitalism.
-
D.
Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity
"Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity" is a scholarly work by Douglas Kellner that examines the development and relevance of Marxist and critical theory traditions in analyzing the structures and crises of modern and contemporary society.
-
E.
Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond
"Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond" is a critical study by Douglas Kellner that examines and contextualizes Jean Baudrillard’s intellectual development from his early Marxist influences to his later postmodern and poststructuralist theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural studies
ⓘ
media studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
critically interrogate postmodernism
ⓘ
synthesize key debates in postmodern theory ⓘ |
| author |
Douglas Kellner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Best NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfPublication | 1990s ⓘ |
| examinesWorkOf |
Chantal Mouffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ernesto Laclau NERFINISHED ⓘ Fredric Jameson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Baudrillard NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-François Lyotard NERFINISHED ⓘ Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critiques of postmodernism
ⓘ
debates about modernity and postmodernity ⓘ defenses of postmodernism ⓘ relations between postmodernism and Marxism ⓘ relations between postmodernism and critical theory ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural theory
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Marxist
ⓘ
critical ⓘ critical theory ⓘ neo-Marxist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
French theory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marxist theory ⓘ critical theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ media culture ⓘ postmodern culture ⓘ postmodern philosophy ⓘ postmodern social theory ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Guilford Press
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palgrave Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | university textbook ⓘ |
| usedIn |
courses on cultural theory
ⓘ
courses on media studies ⓘ courses on social theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations Description of subject: Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations is a foundational scholarly book that critically examines and synthesizes key debates in postmodern philosophy, culture, and social theory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.