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We are not yet at a moment that could be called postmodernity, and may never be, says leading sociologist Ben Agger in his newest book. Modernity is still our history, our framework. Nevertheless, Agger shows how postmodern theory can enhance understanding of the self, everyday life, and culture in the early 21st century. Changes in culture, commerce, and communications, such as the internet, require "postmodern" modes of knowing.
Agger borrows from French postmodern theory and from the Frankfurt School's critical theory in addressing the utility and shortcomings of postmodern theory for understanding identity, culture, race, gender, and power. He explains postmodern theory clearly, borrowing creatively from postmodernism in order to theorize about daily life and social structures heavily reliant on information technologies like the internet and the Web.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 1. Sociological Selves Write Science Fiction
Chapter 3 2. What Did We Know before Sociology?
Chapter 4 3. Are Authors Authored? Cultural Politics and Literary Agency in the Era of the Internet
Part 5 II. Knowing Selves
Chapter 6 4.The Virtual Self
Chapter 7 5. Feminist Selves and the Public Sphere
Chapter 8 6. Black Like Me: Racial Selves in Sociology and Social Theory
Part 9 III. Postmodernities
Chapter 10 7. Politics in Postmodernity: The Diaspora of Politics and the Homelessness of Political and Social Theory
Chapter 11 8. Between France and Germany is Theory
Chapter 12 9. Postponing the Postmodern
Chapter 13 10. September 11th, 2001: After Postmodernity, the Premodern?
Product details
| Published | 27 Aug 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781461613145 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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