List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: subjectivity and modernitya s Other: Scott Lash and Jonathan Friedman. Part I: Cosmopolitan Narratives:. 1. Why modernism still matters: Marshall Berman. 2. Cosmopolitan without emancipation: a response to Lyotard: Richard Rorty. 3. Modernity as postmodernity: Jean--Francoise Lyotard: Christina Burger. 4. The disappearance of meaning: essay at a postmodern reading of Michel Ournier, Botho Strauss and Peter Handke: Peter Burger. Part II: Representation and the Transformation of Identity:. 5. Popular Representation: recasting realism: Nicholas Abercrombie, Scott Lash and Brian Longhurst. 6. Popular culture and the construction of postmodern identities: Douglas Kellner. 7. Scopic regimes of modernity: Martin Jay. 8. Identity and reality: the end of the philosophical immigration officer: Dieter Hoffmann--Axthelm. Part III: Spaces of Self and Society:. 9. Postmodern urban landscapes: mapping culture and power: Sharon Zukin. 10. A modern tour in Brazil. 11. Postmodernism and the aestheticization of everyday life: Mike Featherstone. Part IV: Modernity and the Voice of the Other:. 12. We, the people: popular culture and popular identity in modern Europe: Peter Burke. 13. Past, present and emergent identities: requirements for ethnographies of late twentieth--centuries modernity worldwide: George Marcus. 14. Narcissism, roots and postmodernity: the constitution of selfhood in the global crisis: Jonathan Friedman. Index.