Development of a Postmodern Self A Computer-Assisted Comparative Analysis of Personal Documents

According to various observers, the postmodern self represents changes in contemporary culture--from rationality and unemotional performance to irrationality and mysticism; from institutional standards and duty-to-society to individual standards and duty-to-self; from structure and stability to transience and experimentation. Through an analysis of diaries from nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americans, this study deals with the nature of the postmodern self. It provides a framework for understanding the ideas that collectively comprise postmodern self theory and presents empirical data concerning its historical validity. The book reflects the use of a computer approach in which the statistical incidence of particular words is examined over time.Wood, Michael is the author of 'Development of a Postmodern Self A Computer-Assisted Comparative Analysis of Personal Documents' with ISBN 9780313254581 and ISBN 0313254583.