Steven Best is Assoeiate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso. The author of The Polities cif Historical Vision, he is eoauthor (with Douglas Kellner) of Postmodern Theory and The Postmodern Turn.,

Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Edueation at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is coauthor of Postmodern Theory and The Postmodern Turn, and author of several other books on social theory, polities, history, and culture.