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Postmodernism & a Sociology - Absurd And Other Essays on the "Nouvelle Vague" in American Social Science (Hardcover, New)
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Postmodernism & a Sociology - Absurd And Other Essays on the "Nouvelle Vague" in American Social Science (Hardcover, New)
Series: Studies in American Sociology
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In the fifth volume in the Studies in American Sociology Series,
Stanford M. Lyman offers commentaries on and critiques of
postmodernism, poststructuralism, and deconstruction, posing
questions concerning theoretical and epistemological problems
arising from what appears to be a "nouvelle vague." Postmodernism,
poststructuralism, and deconstructionism are interrelated aspects
of the newest theoretical development in sociology and the social
sciences. This new wave of thought challenges virtually all
paradigms currently in use. In this, his fifth volume in the
Studies in American Sociology Series, Stanford M. Lyman offers
commentaries on and critiques of this new perspective, posing
questions concerning theoretical and epistemological problems
arising from what appears to be a nouvelle vague. Among the basic
themes and issues explored are the allegation that modernity has
defaulted on the promise of the Enlightenment; the question of
whether the rational basis for knowledge and action is still valid;
the controversy over the place of metanarratives and
macrosociological outlooks; and newer concerns over race, gender,
sexual preferences, the self, and the "Other." Professor Lyman
provides empirically based and historically specific analyses of
the relation of the race question to the problem of otherness and
to the legal construction of racial identity in American court
proceedings. Focusing on the issues of citizenship affecting
European, Middle Eastern, and Asian immigrants; African Americans;
and the special cases of the Chinese and Native Americans, he
relates major public problems to the modern as well as the
postmodern perspectives on justice. The debate over assimilation
and multiculturalism, the dynamics of gender-specific emotions as
expressed in six decades of Hollywood films, and the postmodern
approach to deviance are each examined. He also offers proposals
for a social science attuned to, but critical of, postmodernism and
poststructuralism. Such a sociology might offer a perspective that
treats the drama of social relations in the routine as well as the
remarkable aspects of everyday life. Professor Lyman provides not
only a new understanding of postmodernism but also a program of how
to proceed with respect to its challenges.
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