Postmodernism and Social Theory

by Steven Seidman

Book Overview

A new division has emerged in the social sciences between modernists and their postmodern 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 automonous sphere of knowledge and reflection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557862842
• ISBN13: 9781557862846
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"