Roads to Dystopia - Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition (Hardcover)

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, asking why Gunnar Myrdal's "American Dilemma" is still unresolved; how Chinese workers have fared in the labor movement and in labor history; what searches for "the lost tribes of Israel" have meant socially and historically; how cinema has offered metaphors for social action but presented failed utopias on screen; and how we have not yet established a basic definition of "the good life". In each of these instances, Lyman seeks new routes in the quest for justice.

General

Imprint:	University of Arkansas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in American Sociology
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	October 2001
Authors:	Stanford M. Lyman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-1-55728-711-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General
LSN:	1-55728-711-2
Barcode:	9781557287113

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