Sociology after Postmodernism

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7514-9
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Postmodernism is frequently described as dealing a death-blow to sociology. This book, however, argues that it is a mistake to conceive postmodernism in terms of a fatal attack upon what sociologists do.

The contributors locate the identity of sociology `after' postmodernism as a contested site which opens up the possibility of re-imagining the enterprise of sociology. They show how this re-imagination might be conducted and trace some of the key potential consequences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, David

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
The Postmodern Challenge to Sociology - David Owen
CLASS
Inequality after Class - Malcolm Waters
GENDER
Feminism, Postmodernism and the Sociology of Gender - Samantha Ashenden
RACE AND ETHNICITY
Racism and Postmodernism: Towards a Theory of Practice - Paul Connolly
CRIMINOLOGY AND DEVIANCE
Late-Modern Criminology - Nigel South
`Late' as in `Dead' or `Modern' as in `New'
LAW
Law, Politics and the Social Sciences - Alan Hunt
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Sociology of Science and Technology after Relativism - Ralph Schroeder
CULTURE AND MEDIA
Social Theory and Cultural Studies - Douglas Kellner
SEXUALITY
Sex after `Sexuality' - Arlene Stein
From Sexology to Post-Structuralism
AFFECTIVITY
Somatology - Sean Watson and Peter Jowers

Sociology and the Visceral
MEDICINE AND THE BODY
Body Amnesia - Comments on Corporeality - Thomas Osborne
HISTORY AND POLITICS
Sociology after Society - Mitchell Dean

Über Autor(innen)

Owen, David
David Owen is lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Maturity and Modernity (1994) and Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity (1995).

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Samanta Ashenden Birkbeck College University of London

Paul Connolly University of Ulster

Mitchell Dean Macquarrie University

Peter Jowers University of the West of England

Thomas Osborne University of Bristol

Ralph Schroeder Royal Holloway College University of London

Nigel South University of Essex

Sean Watson University of the West of England

Malcolm Waters University of Tasmania