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The ‘Postmodern Turn’ in the Social Sciences

✍ Scribed by Simon Susen (auth.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2015
Tongue
English
Leaves
522
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-39
From Modern to Postmodern Epistemology? The ‘Relativist Turn’....Pages 40-63
From Modern to Postmodern Methodology? The ‘Interpretive Turn’....Pages 64-82
From Modern to Postmodern Sociology? The ‘Cultural Turn’....Pages 83-135
From Modern to Postmodern Historiography? The ‘Contingent Turn’....Pages 136-170
From Modern to Postmodern Politics? The ‘Autonomous Turn’....Pages 171-229
Critical Reflections on Postmodern Thought: Limitations of the ‘Postmodern Turn’....Pages 230-257
Conclusion....Pages 258-281
Back Matter....Pages 282-510

✦ Subjects

Science, general

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