POSTMODERN SOCIAL ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM by John W. Murphy ( 9780313266836 )

Item Details

Title:

POSTMODERN SOCIAL ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM

By:

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£44.95
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10:

0313266832

ISBN 13:

9780313266836

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

15 June, 1989

Series:

Contributions in Sociology No. 79

Pages:

185

Description:

Murphy's study is the first to present postmodernism as a coherent social theory. Responding with compelling arguments to critics of postmodernism, Murphy develops a model that offers a viable alternative to traditional approaches to conceptualizing and studying social life.

Synopsis:

Although postmodernism has had clear impact on literary criticism, the social and political implications of this philosophy have not been systematically investigated. Murphy's study is the first to bring a broad interdisciplinary perspective to the subject and to present postmodernism as a coherent social theory. Responding with compelling arguments to critics of postmodernism, Murphy develops a model that offers a viable alternative to traditional approaches to conceptualizing and studying social life. In an introductory chapter, Murphy looks at the differences between modernism and postmodernism and discusses the metanarratives that characterize the former. He goes on to clarify key assumptions and concepts, especially the postmodern opposition to the traditional Western separation of subject and object. In subsequent chapters, he describes the research methodology used by postmodernists, their views of social ontology and the relationship between order and structure, and the creation of socially responsible institutions. The postmodernists' reconceptualization of key aspects of cultural reality, including time, space, reason, and social relations, is examined in detail.Murphy concludes by exploring the political ramifications of the postmodernist model and its potential as a vehicle for building a genuinely democractic society. This study will be of particular interest to philosophers, economists, and sociologists concerned with contemporary developments in European social philosophy. It is relevant to courses or study in social theory and philosophy, communication theory, cultural criticism, and related fields.

Publication:

Imprint:

Greenwood Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

Some other items by this author:

CITY OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS: LIST OF A (PB)

COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS (HB)

COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS (PB)

COMPUTERS IN HUMAN SERVICES (HB)

COMPUTERS IN HUMAN SERVICES (PB)

COMPUTERS, HUMAN INTERACTION AND ORGANIZATIONS (HB)