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What comes after 'postmodernism'? A buzzword which began as an energising, radical critique became, by the 20th Century's end, a byword for fracture, eclecticism, political apathy and intellectual exhaustion. The last few years have seen a growing interest in critical realism as a possible, alternative way of moving forward. The virtues of critical realism lie in its successful provision of a philosophical grounding for the social sciences and humanities and of a methodology applicable to many different fields of analysis. After Postmodernism brings together some of the best-known names in the field to present the first truly interdisciplinary introduction to critical realism. The book presents the reader with a compendium of accessible essays illustrating the connection between meta-theory, theory and substantive research across Sociology, Philosophy, Literary Studies, Politics, Media Studies, Psychology and Science Studies. The flexibility of critical realism is illustrated in the range of topics discussed - ranging from quantum mechanics to cyberspace, to literary theory, nature, smoking, the future of Marx, the unconscious and, of course, postmodernism and the future of theory itself.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Full title: After Postmodernism
• Author: Jose Lopez
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780826478924
• ISBN: 0826478921
• ID: 04168238
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 516 g
• Dimensions: 159 × 235 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 2005

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