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Postmodernity USA

The Crisis of Social Modernism in Postwar America

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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In this rigorous and challenging analysis of American postmodernity, Anthony Woodiwiss re-examines the political, economic and social life of the United States over the past 60 years.

Exploring the rise and fall of modernism as a social ideology, he offers a distinctive and original interpretation of the unique experience of American modernity and the arrival of the postmodern world. The result is both a novel history of postwar America and a significant contribution to the idea of postmodernism as a social and cultural form. Postmodernity USA also carries lessons for the understanding of class, culture and politics in late industrial societies in general.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1993-03-16
Mått156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt370 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePublished in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Antal sidor192
Upplaga1
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9780803987890

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

`This book has two functions, it is intended as both an account of modern American development focussing on the late 1960s, and also a polemic on the state of modern sociology. Woodiwiss argues that postmodern theory is essentially bereft in foundational terms but does seem to have some interesting things to say about modern America as a corporist state.... The author covers a substantial range of material including setting up a modified Marxist class theory and a fresh image of social mobility... a very well-written and entertaining blend of critical theory and history. Much more of this kind of analysis is to be welcomed′ - American Studies