Table of Contents

Part 1 The passage from modernity to post-modernity in contemporary culture: modernity and modernism; post-modernism; post-modernism in the city - architecture and urban design; modernization; POST-modernISM or post-MODERNism? Part 2 The political - economic transformation of late 20th century capitalism: fordism; from fordism to flexible accumulation; flexible accumulation - solid transformation or temporary fix? Part 3 The experience of space and time: individual spaces and times in social life; time and space as sources of social poser; the time and space of the enlightenment project; time-space compression and the rise of modernism as a cultural force; time-space compression and the post-modern condition; space and time in post-modern culture - cinematic representations. Part 4 The condition of post-modernity.