Postmodernity (Concepts in the Social Sciences) (Concepts in social thought)

by David Lyon

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In this edition, postmodernity is seen as the social condition of the 21st century, in which some features of the modern world are called into question, and undermined by novel trends. Postmodernity is a way of describing a new society in-the-making, without supposing that modernity has been left behind. Postmodernity is explored as a theoretical concept in order to uncover and illuminate central social trends of the time. Its historical roots and cultural dimensions are examined, as are the ideas of its leading theorists. This version gives more attention to the processes of globalization as well as to the postmodern view of cyberspace, cyborgs and the body as a site of moral conflict.
  • ISBN10 0335201458
  • ISBN13 9780335201457
  • Publish Date 1 May 1999 (first published 1 September 1994)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 17 November 2004
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Open University Press
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 144
  • Language English