Postmodernism is not what you think
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Postmodernism is not what you think
（Twentieth-century social theory）
Blackwell Publishers, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-173) and index
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ISBN 9781557860828
Description
This study aims to demolish the most malicious misconceptions of the subject of postmodernism by explaining why it is so emotionally and politically disturbing. It shows that postmodernism is less a theory than a condition of social life brought about by the trouble modernity has got itself into. Globalization, the media and popular culture, identity politics, the science wars, politics and cultural studies, structuralism and post-structuralism, and the new sociologies are put into perspective as signs of the new social formations dawning at the end of the modern age.
Table of Contents
- Postmodernism is not what you think
- disturbance
- beasts, frogs, freaks and other postmodern things
- postmodernism is not what you think
- an impossible glossary
- beginnigs
- the political reality of the linguistic turn
- letters from Brazil - structuralism's zero signifier
- the uses of French structuralisms in sociology
- prospects
- identities after the imperium
- representations of the sociologist - getting over science
- the new sociologies in the social unconscious.
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: pbk ISBN 9781557862860
Description
Highly readable and elegantly composed, Postmodernism Is Not What You Think gently demolishes the most malicious misconceptions of the subject by explaining why the postmodern is so emotionally and politically disturbing. Lemert shows that the postmodern is less a theory than a condition of social life brought about by the trouble modernity has landed itself in.Globalization, the media and popular culture, identity politics, the science wars, politics and cultural studies, structuralism and poststructuralism, and the new sociologies are put in lucid perspective as signs of the new social formations dawning at the end of the modern age.
Table of Contents
Preface. Disturbance. 1. Beasts, Frogs, Freaks and Other Postmodern Things. 2. Postmodernism Is Not What You Think. 3. An Impossible Glossary. Beginnings. 4. The Political Reality of the Linguistic Turn. 5. Letters From Brazil: Structuralism's Zero Signifier. 6. The Uses of French Structuralisms in Sociology. Prospects. 7. Identities After the Imperium. 8. Representations of the Sociologist: Getting Over Science. 9. The New Sociologies in the Social Unconscious. Endnotes (with page cross reference/running head). Index.
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