Postmodernism and Social Theory

By - Seidman, Steven [ED]. , Wagner, David G. [ED].

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1992

ISBN 10 - 1557862842

ISBN 13 - 9781557862846

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Postmodernism--Social aspects

Shelf No - 13

Call Number - 301.01 POS

Physical Description - viii, 379 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Subject Index

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A new division has emerged in the social sciences between modernists and their post-modern critics. The former defend the project of a general theory with secure analytical foundations; the latter challenge the possibility and indeed the desirability of aspiring to create totalizing theories. Postmodernists contest the view of science as an autonomous sphere of knowledge and reflection. This volume brings together leading theorists in the social sciences and philosophy to debate the respective merits of modernism and postmodernism as paradigms of social inquiry. It examines the relation between science, critique and narrative, addressing questions about the moral and political meaning of science today.

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