Roads to Dystopia: Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition

by Stanford M. Lyman

Book Overview

If the postmodern condition is a dystopia characterized by alienation and despair, argues distinguished sociologist Stanford Lyman, postmodern epistemologies compound the problem by denigrating Enlightenment philosophies that still offer agency and hope to those who struggle to be free. In this, his sixth volume in the Studies in American Sociology series, Lyman examines this contradiction as it has shaped American discourses on race and community,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557287112
• ISBN13: 9781557287113
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"