The Passing of Postmodernism: A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary

Acknowledgments

ix Introduction Acknowledgments There are a number of people without whom this project, too, would be “still incomplete.” At the top of the list are Thomas Carmichael, Tilottama Rajan, and my partner (in everything), Danica Rose. All three provided invaluable and tireless guidance, guidance that defined my thinking from start to end. Many thanks go, also, to Linda Hutcheon , Alison Lee, Martin Kreiswirth, and Daniel Vaillancourt (all of whom kindly identified errors and offered advice). Finally, I would like to thank both Neil Brooks and Clay Dion; their support and friendship helped me to endure any number of frustrations along the way. Scattered portions of the following text have appeared in previous publications: “A Différance of Nothing: Sartre, Derrida and the Problem of Negative Theology” (published in the Berghahn journal Sartre Studies International) and “Introduction: A Wake and Renewed,” which I co-authored with Neil Brooks as the Introduction to The Mourning After: Attending the Wake of Postmodernism. (The Mourning After was published as part of Rodopi’s Postmodern Studies series, edited by Theo D’haen and Hans Bertens.) Front cover illustration: Alex Golden. “Untitled” (Front View), 2006. From “Waving and Clapping” series. Oil and inkjet on canvas, 44 ⫻ 85 inches. Reproduced by kind permission of the artist. Back cover illustration: Alex Golden. “Untitled” (Back View), 2006. From “Waving and Clapping” series. Oil and inkjet on canvas, 44 ⫻ 85 inches. Reproduced by kind permission of the artist. ix ...