The Postmodern Turn: New Perspectives on Social Theory

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511570940

The Postmodern Turn gathers together in one volume some of the most important statements of the postmodern approach to human studies. In addressing postmodern social theory and emphasising the social role of knowledge, this book abandons the disciplinary boundaries separating the sciences and the humanities. The first collection of its kind, it provides the classic essays of authors such as Lyotard, Haraway, Foucault and Rorty. Contributors include well-known theorists in the fields of sociology, anthropology, women's and gay studies, philosophy, and history.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Introduction
pp 1-24
- By Steven Seidman
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THE CASE FOR POSTMODERNISM AS SOCIAL THEORY
pp 25-26
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1 - The postmodern condition
pp 27-38
- By Jean-François Lyotard
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2 - Genealogy and social criticism
pp 39-45
- By Michel Foucault
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3 - Method, social science, and social hope
pp 46-64
- By Richard Rorty
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4 - The new cultural politics of difference
pp 65-81
- By Cornel West
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5 - A manifesto for cyborgs: Science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s
pp 82-116
- By Donna Haraway
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CONTESTING FOUNDATIONS: THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION
pp 117-118
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6 - The end of sociological theory
pp 119-139
- By Steven Seidman
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7 - The theoretical subject(s) of This Bridge Called My Back and Anglo-American feminism
pp 140-152
- By Norma Alarcón
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8 - Contingent foundations: Feminism and the question of ‘postmodernism’
pp 153-170
- By Judith Butler
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9 - Subjectivity in social analysis
pp 171-184
- By Renato Rosaldo
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HUMAN STUDIES AS RHETORIC, NARRATIVE, AND CRITIQUE
pp 185-186
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10 - Is there a postmodern sociology?
pp 187-204
- By Zygmunt Bauman
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11 - On ethnographic allegory
pp 205-228
- By James Clifford
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12 - Rhetoric, textuality, and the postmodern turn in sociological theory
pp 229-241
- By Richard Harvey Brown
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13 - Social criticism without philosophy: An encounter between feminism and postmodernism
pp 242-262
- By Nancy Fraser, Linda Nicholson
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POSTMODERN SOCIAL ANALYSIS: EMPIRICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
pp 263-264
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14 - Post-structuralism and sociology
pp 265-281
- By Charles C. Lemert
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15 - Deconstructing equality-versus-difference: Or, the uses of poststructuralist theory for feminism
pp 282-298
- By Joan W. Scott
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16 - The plague of discourse: Politics, literary theory, and AIDS
pp 299-312
- By Lee Edelman
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp 1-24

THE CASE FOR POSTMODERNISM AS SOCIAL THEORY
pp 25-26

1 - The postmodern condition
pp 27-38

2 - Genealogy and social criticism
pp 39-45

3 - Method, social science, and social hope
pp 46-64

4 - The new cultural politics of difference
pp 65-81

5 - A manifesto for cyborgs: Science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s
pp 82-116

CONTESTING FOUNDATIONS: THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION
pp 117-118

6 - The end of sociological theory
pp 119-139

7 - The theoretical subject(s) of This Bridge Called My Back and Anglo-American feminism
pp 140-152

8 - Contingent foundations: Feminism and the question of ‘postmodernism’
pp 153-170

9 - Subjectivity in social analysis
pp 171-184

HUMAN STUDIES AS RHETORIC, NARRATIVE, AND CRITIQUE
pp 185-186

10 - Is there a postmodern sociology?
pp 187-204

11 - On ethnographic allegory
pp 205-228

12 - Rhetoric, textuality, and the postmodern turn in sociological theory
pp 229-241

13 - Social criticism without philosophy: An encounter between feminism and postmodernism
pp 242-262

POSTMODERN SOCIAL ANALYSIS: EMPIRICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
pp 263-264

14 - Post-structuralism and sociology
pp 265-281

15 - Deconstructing equality-versus-difference: Or, the uses of poststructuralist theory for feminism
pp 282-298

16 - The plague of discourse: Politics, literary theory, and AIDS
pp 299-312

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