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The "postmodern turn" in the social sciences

Simon Susen

Abstract

Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.    

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Introduction Simon Susen

pp.1-39

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_1
From modern to postmodern epistemology? the "relativist turn" Simon Susen

pp.40-63

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_2
From modern to postmodern methodology?

the "interpretive turn"

Simon Susen

pp.64-82

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_3
From modern to postmodern sociology?

the "cultural turn"

Simon Susen

pp.83-135

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_4
From modern to postmodern historiography?

the "contingent turn"

Simon Susen

pp.136-170

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_5
From modern to postmodern politics?

the "autonomous turn"

Simon Susen

pp.171-229

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_6
Critical reflections on postmodern thought

limitations of the "postmodern turn"

Simon Susen

pp.230-257

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_7
Conclusion Simon Susen

pp.258-281

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318237_8

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2015

Pages: 510

DOI: 10.1057/9781137318237

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-57763-7

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-31823-7

Full citation:

Susen Simon (2015) The "postmodern turn" in the social sciences. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.