Postmodernism and a sociology of the absurd and other essays on the "nouvelle vague" in American social science:

Postmodernism, poststructuralism, and deconstructionism are interrelated aspects of the newest theoretical development in sociology and the social sciences. This new wave of thought challenges virtually all paradigms currently in use. In this, his fifth volume in the Studies in American Sociology Se...

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Main Author: Lyman, Stanford M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville Univ. of Arkansas Press 1997
Series:Studies in American sociology 5
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Postmodernism, poststructuralism, and deconstructionism are interrelated aspects of the newest theoretical development in sociology and the social sciences. This new wave of thought challenges virtually all paradigms currently in use. In this, his fifth volume in the Studies in American Sociology Series, Stanford M. Lyman offers commentaries on and critiques of this new perspective, posing questions concerning theoretical and epistemological problems arising from what appears to be a nouvelle vague. Among the basic themes and issues explored are the allegation that modernity has defaulted on the promise of the Enlightenment; the question of whether the rational basis for knowledge and action is still valid; the controversy over the place of metanarratives and macrosociological outlooks; and newer concerns over race, gender, sexual preferences, the self, and the "Other."
Physical Description:XIV, 392 S.
ISBN:1557284539

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