Reconstructing postmodernism : critical debates / / Jason L. Powell and Tim Owen, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.01
• Soggetto topico: Postmodernism - Social aspects; Sociology - Philosophy
• Altri autori: PowellJason L. <1971-> OwenTim <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Self-identity and personhood in social analysis : the inadequacies of postmodernism and social constructionism / Derek Layder -- Cognitive relativism : between positivistic and relativistic thinking in the social sciences / Nicos Mouzelis -- An excursus in post-postmodern social science / Roger Sibeon -- Postmodern social theory and sociology : on symbolic exchange with a "dead" theory / George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan -- The postmodern terrorist risk : plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose / Gabe Mythen -- The perils of uncertainty : reflections on theoretical practice and graduate education / Peter Leonard and Amanda Grenier -- Masculinity as a reproduction of traditionalism, feminist reaction, and egalitarianism / Andreas Schneider -- Film, postmodernism and the sociological imagination : exploring the power of local stories in southern Korea and northern England / Sung Kyung Kim and Rob Stones -- Temporality and old age : a postmodern critique / Steven L. Arxer, John W. Murphy and Linda Liska Belgrave -- Understanding aging bodies : a postmodern dialogue on bio-medicine, body and cultural representations of identity / Jason L. Powell and Azrini Wahidin -- After postmodernism : towards an evolutionary sociology / Tim Owen -- (Dis)interring postmodernism or a critique on the political economy of consumer choice / Barry Smart.
• Sommario/riassunto: There has been an array of literature on the notion of 'postmodernism' in social science literature in recent years. This exciting book focuses on three broad continuities: one, debunking the central theoretical tenets of postmodernism with reference to identity, methodology, governance and modernist theory; two, the book engages with current social issues and events in popular culture: for example, film; professional power, masculinity and terrorism; three, the book also rethinks postmodernism in light of under-researched variables of analysis of time and ageing, the 'body', 'biology' and 'choice'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reconstructing postmodernism
• ISBN: 1-62081-102-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957331003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II