Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing

Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing
Author: Nicos P. Mouzelis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2008-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521515858

Examines the conflict between modern and postmodern theories in sociology and attempts to bridge the divide between them.

Images of Postmodern Society

Images of Postmodern Society
Author: Norman K Denzin
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1991-09-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803985162

By using a series of studies of contemporary mainstream Hollywood movies - Blue Velvet, Wall Street, Crimes and Misdemeanors, When Harry Met Sally, sex lies and videotape, Do the Right Thing - Norman K Denzin explores the tension between ideas of the postmodern, and traditional ways of analyzing society. The discussion moves between two forms of text: social theory and cinematic representations of contemporary life. Denzin analyzes the ideas of society embedded in poststructuralism, postmodernism, feminism, cultural studies and Marxism through the ideas of key theorists (Mills, Baudrillard, Barthes, Habermas, Jameson, Bourdieu, Derrida and others). He relates these ideas to the problematic of the postmodern self as e

The Postmodern Condition

The Postmodern Condition
Author: Jean-François Lyotard
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1984
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780816611737

In this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity.

Postmodern Social Theory

Postmodern Social Theory
Author: George Ritzer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1997
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Ritzer's long-awaited text in Postmodern Social Theory is a readable & coherent introduction to the fundamental ideas & most important thinkers in postmodern social theory.

The Postmodern Turn

The Postmodern Turn
Author: Steven Seidman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1994-11-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521458795

The Postmodern Turn gathers together in one volume some of the most important statements of the postmodern approach to human studies. In addressing postmodern social theory and emphasising the social role of knowledge, this book abandons the disciplinary boundaries separating the sciences and the humanities. The first collection of its kind, it provides the classic essays of authors such as Lyotard, Haraway, Foucault and Rorty. Contributors include well-known theorists in the fields of sociology, anthropology, women's and gay studies, philosophy, and history.

Postmodern Theory

Postmodern Theory
Author: Steven Best
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1991-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1349217182

An introduction to and critique of the latest trends in critical theory.

From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society

From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society
Author: Krishan Kumar
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 253
Release: 1995-10-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780631185598

This lucid and insightful study of a crucial area of current debate covers the three theories of contemporary change: the information society, post-Fordism and postmodernity.

Social Theory Today

Social Theory Today
Author: Anthony Giddens
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1987
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804715140

Social theory has undergone dramatic changes over the past fifteen years. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of those changes, and an authoritative statement on current trends of development in social thought. The contents of the book range in a systematic way across the major traditions of social theory prominent today. Among the topics covered are the relationships between modern social theory and the 'classics' of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the connections between social theory and mathematical social science; and the logical status of generalizations in the social sciences. Traditions of thought discussed include: behaviourism; symbolic interactionism; Parsonian theory; analytical theory; structuralism and post-structuralism; ethnomethodology; structuration theory; world systems theory; Marxism and critical theory.

Handbook of Social Theory

Handbook of Social Theory
Author: George Ritzer
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2003-07-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780761941873

The Handbook of Social Theory presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the development, achievement and prospects of social theory.

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology
Author: George Ritzer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1119250633

Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today. Features original chapters contributed by an international cast of leading and emerging sociology scholars Represents the most innovative and 'state-of-the-art' thinking about the discipline Includes a general introduction and section introductions with chapters summaries by the editor