The 'Postmodern Turn' in the Social Sciences

Simon Susen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

510 Seiten

2014 | 2015 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-57763-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.    

Inhalt

"Introduction
1. From Modern to Postmodern Epistemology? The ''Relativist Turn''
2. From Modern to Postmodern Methodology? The ''Interpretive Turn''
3. From Modern to Postmodern Sociology? The ''Cultural Turn''
4. From Modern to Postmodern Historiography? The ''Contingent Turn''
5. From Modern to Postmodern Politics? The ''Autonomous Turn''
6. Critical Reflections on Postmodern Thought: Limitations of the ''Postmodern Turn''
Conclusion"                                                                                              

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2016
• Zusatzinfo: Bibliography
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Aestheticism • ahistoricism • Critical theory • Cultural Studies • Discourse analysis • Globalization • Glocalization • Knowledge • Modern • modernism • Modernity • Modernization • Philosophy • postmodern • Postmodernism • Postmodernity
• ISBN-10: 1-349-57763-4 / 1349577634
• ISBN-13: 978-1-349-57763-7 / 9781349577637
• Zustand: Neuware