2009 Course Handbook
HIST375: Shock and Awe: A History of the Postmodern World
The course explores the historical shift from modernity to postmodernity underway since the late twentieth century, tracing the history of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the emergence of the neo-liberal culture of enterprise that has characterised the global economy since the 1990s; the tension between notions of progress and their environmental consequences; and the nature of war and terror in the postmodern world. The course also considers how postmodernity manifests in culture and the historical context of these cultural expressions. Postmodernism will be explored as a manifestation of the historical shift to postmodernity, and the course will consider a range of postmodernist historical texts, and texts which challenge these interpretations.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Mark Hearn |
| Prerequisites: | 40cp including 4cp at 200 level in AHST or HIST units |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
Timetable Information
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