Postmodern Social Theory

by George Ritzer

Book Overview

This text offers an historical sketch of the development of postmodern social theory, major criticisms of it, and recent efforts to move beyond it. It focuses on the work of such leading postmodernists as Michael Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and on contemporary alternatives/reactions/interventions by such theorists as Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck. American contributions by Daniel Bell and Frederic Jameson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007053019X
• ISBN13: 9780070530195
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.