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Understanding Contemporary Society: Theories of the Present is a comprehensive textbook to guide students through the complexities of social theory today. Over 30 chapters, written by an international team of contributors, demonstrate clearly the practical applications of social theory in making sense of the modern world. Students are both introduced to the most significant theories and guided through the major social developments which shape our lives. Key features of the book are: clearly structured and readable prose; bullet pointed summaries and annotated further reading for each topic; makes complex issues accessible to undergraduates; focuses on relevance and practicality; chapter lay-out which is ideal for t
Post-Modernity
Post-Modernity
‘Post-modernity’ entered quickly, though not uncontroversially, into the lexicon of socially descriptive terms used at the end of the twentieth century. It seemed to connect, in a natural enough fashion, with other concepts, from the European-originating ‘fragmentation’ and ‘differance’ to others generated on the Canadian west coast, such as ‘cyberspace’ and ‘Generation X’. These terms each help create a picture of a social world in flux, where unities and uniformities give way to the flexible and the fluid. The first two hint at the disintegration of societies once centred and orderly, and perhaps at the difficulty of describing cultures as homogeneous in their ethnicity or sexuality. The second two, by contrast, evoke a sense of life within a network of global communications in which relationships ...
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