Overview

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'.

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Author:   Jason L Powell ,  Tim Owen
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781600216381

ISBN 10:   1600216382
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   19 September 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Reconstructing Postmodernism; Self-identity & Personhood in Social Analysis: The Inadequacies of Postmodernism and Social Constructionism; Cognitive Relativism: Between Positivistic and Relativistic Thinking in the Social Sciences; An Excursus in Post-Post-modern Social Science; Post-modern Social Theory and Sociology: On Symbolic Exchange with a ""Dead"" Theory; Risk and Post-modern Approaches to Terrorism: Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose'; The Perils of Uncertainty: reflections on theoretical practice and graduate education; Masculinity as a Reproduction of Traditionalism, Feminist Reaction, and Egalitarianism; Film, Postmodernism and the Sociological Imagination: Exploring the Power of Local Stories in Southern Korea and Northern England; Temporality, Old Age and Time: A Post-modern Critique; Understanding Ageing Bodies: A Post-modern Dialogue on Bio-Medicine, Body and Cultural representations of identity; After Postmodernism: Towards an Evolutionary Sociology; (Dis)interring Postmodernism or a Critique of the Political Economy of Consumer Choice; Index."

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Jason L. Powell (Associate Dean of Faculty, Coventry University, UK) and Sheying Chen (Pace University, New York, NY, USA)

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