From post-industrial to post-modern society : new theories of the contemporary world / Krishan Kumar.
Language: English Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005Edition: 2. edDescription: xi, 289 sISBN:- 1405114290
- 9781405114295
- 303.401 23/swe
- HM449
- Oaba
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-275) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface to the New Expanded Edition (2004)
- Preface to the Original Edition (1995)
- 1 Rethinking Modernity [new chapter]
- 2 The Revival of Post-Industrial Theory
- 3 The Information Society
- 4 Fordism and Post-Fordism
- 5 Modernity and Post-Modernity (1): The Idea of the Modern
- 6 Modernity and Post-Modernity (2): The Idea of Post-Modernity
- 7 Millennial Themes: Endings and Beginnings
- Notes
- References
- Index