Postmortemism for postmodernism?
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Literary works on postmodernism either extol epistemological discourses or seek to diagnose society. Each of them documents the benefits and the drawbacks of postmodernism. While culture has been the center of criticisms in the past, it has been favored again within the socio-scientific world at the time of the emergence of poststructuralism and postmodernism. Society is not exposed as a whole, but specialized fields are revealed.
Publication Name: Contemporary Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0094-3061
Year: 1996
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Postmodernism and the Social Sciences: A Thematic Approach
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The significance and implications of postmodernism are detailed in the books 'Postmodernism and the Social Sciences: A Thematic Approach' by Robert Hollinger, 'The Poverty of Postmodernism' by John O'Neill and 'Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism' by Bryan S. Turner. The relevance of postmodernism to the social sciences is discussed. Postmodernism's approach to knowledge and culture is also criticized.
Publication Name: Contemporary Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0094-3061
Year: 1996
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Postmodernism and Popular Culture: A Cultural History
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Postmodernism as seen from the viewpoint of popular culture is examined in the books entitled 'Postmodernism and Popular Culture: A Cultural History' by John Docker and 'Postmodernism and Popular Culture' by Angela McRobbie. The development of arguments involving the nature of postmodernism in the British context is traced. Postmodernism as an option to public recreation is also discussed.
Publication Name: Contemporary Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0094-3061
Year: 1996
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