Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences : Insights, Inroads, and Intrusions.

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Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline Ros...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Postmodernism > Social aspects.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social movements.
Postmodernisme > Aspect social.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Mouvements sociaux.
social movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Postmodernism > Social aspects
Social movements
Social sciences > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; GLOSSARY OF POST-MODERN TERMS; ONE: Into the Fray: Crisis, Continuity, and Diversity; TWO: Abandoning the Author, Transforming the Text, and Re-orienting the Reader; THREE: Subverting the Subject; FOUR: Humbling History, Transforming Time, and Garbling Geography (Space); FIVE: A Theory of Theory and the Terrorism of Truth; SIX: Repudiating Representation; SEVEN: Epistemology and Methodology: Post-Modern Alternatives; EIGHT: Post-Modern Political Orientations and Social Science; NINE: Elements for an Assessment; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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