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From post-industrial to post-modern society : new theories of the contemporary world / Krishan Kumar.

By: Language: English Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005Edition: 2. edDescription: xi, 289 sISBN:
  • 1405114290
  • 9781405114295
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.401 23/swe
LOC classification:
  • HM449
Other classification:
  • Oaba
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Course literature Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket 303.4 Kumar Available 11156000189181
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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