Author: Steven BestPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349217182
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An introduction to and critique of the latest trends in critical theory.
Postmodernism and the Revolution in Religious Theory
Author: Carl A. RaschkePublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813933064
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
While the academic study of religion has increased almost exponentially in the past fifty years, general theories of religion have been in significant decline. In his new book, Carl Raschke offers the first systematic exploration of how the postmodern philosophical theories of Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj Zizek have contributed significantly to the development of a theory of religion as a whole. The bold paradigm he uses to articulate the framework for a revolution in religious theory comes from semiotics--namely, the problem of the sign and the "singularity" or "event horizon" from which a sign is generated.
Max Weber and Postmodern Theory
Author: N. GanePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230502512
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book explores the contemporary nature of Max Weber's work by looking in detail at his key concepts of rationalization and disenchantment. Thematic parallels are drawn between Weber's rationalization thesis and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard. It is suggested that these three 'postmoden' thinkers develop and respond to Weber's analysis of modernity by pursuing radical strategies of affirmation and re-enchantment. Examining the work of these three key thinkers in this way casts new light both on postmodern theory and on Weber's sociology of rationalization.
Author: Adele E. Clarke
Author: Linda HutcheonPostmodernism and Social Theory
Author: Steven SeidmanPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781557862846
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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.
Postmodern Social Theory
Author: George RitzerPublisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Ritzer's long-awaited text in Postmodern Social Theory is a readable & coherent introduction to the fundamental ideas & most important thinkers in postmodern social theory.
Postmodern Theory
Author: Steven BestPublisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 9780898624182
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today. Best and Kellner provide: * An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory * A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity * A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies. The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.
From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society
Author: Krishan KumarPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631185598
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This lucid and insightful study of a crucial area of current debate covers the three theories of contemporary change: the information society, post-Fordism and postmodernity.
Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner
Author: Matthew FlisfederPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501311808
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Provides an introductory explanation of postmodernism and its connection to film theory, and how it can be used to interpret Ridley Scott’s film, Blade Runner.
