Postmodernism and the Social Sciences

The social sciences are still predominantly modernist disciplines and, as such, products of the Enlightenment. Recent challenges to Enlightenment thinking thus carry with them the potential or threat to transform the social sciences radically. Postmodernism and the Social Sciences examines the nature and potential of this postmodernist challenge in each of the major social sciences. Starting with the practices of particular disciplines and proceeding to matters of shared concern, the essays provide an accessible discussion of the contemporary impact of postmodernism on social scientific thought.

Inhalt
Preface - Introduction: The Context and Language of Postmodernism; E.Graham, J.Doherty & M.Malek - Postmodern Anthropology? Or, An Anthropology of Postmodernity?; R.Fardon - Social Science and Postmodern Spatialisations: Jameson's Aesthetic of Cognitive Mapping; R.Shields - Geography, Difference and the Politics of Scale; N.Smith - Discourse Discourse: Social Psychology and Postmodernity; I.Parker - Development Psychology and the Postmodern Child; E.Burman - Postmodernity and the Globalisation of Technoscience: The Computer, Cognitive Science and War; J.Bowers - Modernity, Postmodernism and International Relations; N.Rengger & M.Hoffman - Postmodernism and Economics; S.Dow - Postmodernism or Modernism?: Social Theory Revisited; S.Lash - Cultural Theory, Philosophy and the Study of Human Affairs: Hot Heads and Cold Feet; J.Haldane - Postmodern Horizons - Postmodernism and Paradox; E.Graham - Postmodern Politics; J.Doherty - List of Contributors - Bibliography - Index