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From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World
Krishan Kumar
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Paperback. In the second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter, Krishan Kumar introduces and assesses the rival claims of three theories crucial to an understanding on contemporary social theory: the information society, post--Fordism, and post--modernism. . Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
The second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter.
The second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter.
- New edition of a classic study by a leading social theorist
- Explores three major ideas crucial to contemporary social theory: the information society, post-Fordism, and post-modernism
- Places the three key ideas within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405114295
SKU
V9781405114295
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About Krishan Kumar
Krishan Kumar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. Since publishing the first edition of From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society, he has co-edited Public and Private in Thought and Practice (1987) and written 1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals (2001) and The Making of English National Identity (2003).
Reviews for From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World
“This superb book, which has been essential reading since its original publication, now includes a major new introductory chapter, covering theories of globalization and multiple modernity’s. Kumar manages to to be judicious and provocative, comprehensive and clear, and magisterial and readable. The book is an indispensable guide to these highly contested yet inescapable attempts to theorize modern societies.” William Outhwaite, ... Read more