Covering a wealth of authors and literature from Baudrillard to Foucault, from Freud to Lacan, from Plato to Heidegger, from the study of women's fashion to Girardian perspectives on the sacrificial victim, Fire and Roses shows that the 'postmodern theme' is something much more than the play of disconnection and diversity.

Carl A. Raschke is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver. He is co-editor of Lacan and Theological Discourse, also published by SUNY Press.