{"product_id":"postmodernism-and-the-social-sciences-9780691023472","title":"PostModernism and the Social Sciences","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the origins of post-modernism in the humanities and describes how its key concepts are being applied to, and are restructuring, the social sciences. This book shows how the post-modern challenge to reason and rational organization radiates across academic fields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 \"This is the most lucid, concise, and comprehensive summary and analysis of the impact of post-modernism on the social sciences... In sum, a brilliant yet genuinely helpful, humane, and readable work.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. viii*PREFACE, pg. x*GLOSSARY OF POST-MODERN TERMS, pg. xii*ONE. Into the Fray: Crisis, Continuity, and Diversity, pg. 1*TWO. Abandoning the Author, Transforming the Text, and Re-orienting the Reader, pg. 25*THREE. Subverting the Subject, pg. 42*FOUR. Humbling History, Transforming Time, and Garbling Geography (Space), pg. 62*FIVE. A Theory of Theory and the Terrorism of Truth, pg. 77*SIX. Repudiating Representation, pg. 92*SEVEN. Epistemology and Methodology: Post-Modern Alternatives, pg. 109*EIGHT. Post-Modern Political Orientations and Social Science, pg. 138*NINE. Elements for an Assessment, pg. 167*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 185*INDEX, pg. 217","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403684553047,"sku":"9780691023472","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postmodernism-and-the-social-sciences-9780691023472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}