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This book encapsulates the recent debate on the concepts of modernity and postmodernity. Arguments over modernism and its aftermath are traced to their origins in art, architecture and literature. The authors then focus on the contribution of sociology to this cultural dispute through the theories of Weber, Simmel, Habermas, Lyotard and Baudrillard. Throughout, Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity demonstrates the connections between traditional problems of sociological theory and the contemporary debate around modernity.
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Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity, Bryan Turner
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- 1990
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- Title
- Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bryan Turner
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0803983719
- ISBN13
- 9780803983717
- Series
- Tags
- Social Sciences, Philosophical Topics, 20th century, Sociology, Culture and Society, Anthropology, Social Aspects, Postmodern literature, Western Civilization
- Description
- This book encapsulates the recent debate on the concepts of modernity and postmodernity. Arguments over modernism and its aftermath are traced to their origins in art, architecture and literature. The authors then focus on the contribution of sociology to this cultural dispute through the theories of Weber, Simmel, Habermas, Lyotard and Baudrillard. Throughout, Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity demonstrates the connections between traditional problems of sociological theory and the contemporary debate around modernity.