From post-industrial to post-modern society : new theories of the contemporary world
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From post-industrial to post-modern society : new theories of the contemporary world
Blackwell, 2005
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-275) and index
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Description
The second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter.
New edition of a classic study by a leading social theorist
Explores three major ideas crucial to contemporary social theory: the information society, post-Fordism, and post-modernism
Places the three key ideas within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to First Edition..
1 Rethinking Modernity.
2 The Revival of Post-Industrial Theory..
3 The Information Society..
4 Fordism and Post-Fordism..
5 Modernity and Post-Modernity (1): The Idea of the Modern..
6 Modernity and Post-Modernity (2): The Idea of Post-Modernity..
7 Millennial Themes: Endings and Beginnings..
Notes.
References.
Index.
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