Postmodern Social Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19136162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Michael Ryan (0000-0001-7207-6918, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen347 |
| OpenAlex | W2343386530 |
| ISBN | 9781118663202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Postmodern social theory is a field that is both difficult to define and rejects being defined. It is, in fact, a field that struggles against definitions, against norms, against protocols. Instead, it seeks to deconstruct, decenter, and delegitimize scientific claims to universal truths. With these characteristics in mind, it is easy to understand why defining such a field would be a difficult, if not counterproductive, task. Various authors have sought to overcome this difficulty by relying on common characteristics of various postmodern theories, others have defined the field by those who work in it, and still others—particularly those who work in the field itself—have avoided any attempts to define it at all. Regardless of which of these approaches one takes, however, there is no denying that something called postmodern social theory was at one time a flourishing presence in sociology (and elsewhere)
Economics · Epistemology · Flourishing · Management · Postmodernism · Social theory · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2009 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |