Modern Conditions, Postmodern Controversies by Barry Smart

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Summary

Examines the social and economic processes which have shaped and continue to shape life today. It also provides critical assessments of the various `modern' and `postmodern' thinkers who have sought to explain these processes.

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Modern Conditions, Postmodern Controversies by Barry Smart

In this accomplished, comprehensive and accessible book Barry Smart explores these questions. The book examines the social and economic processes which have shaped and continue to shape life today. It also provides exemplary critical assessments of the various modern' and postmodern' thinkers who have sought to explain these processes. Judicious in its judgements and superbly informed, the text is a major contribution to the debate on Modernity and Postmodernity.
Smart, Barry: - Barry Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth and has longstanding research interests in the fields of social theory, political economy, and philosophy. His research interests include critical social research ethics; higher education; and collaborative work on veganism, ethics, lifestyle and environment.

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ISBN 13 9780415069526
ISBN 10 0415069521
Title Modern Conditions, Postmodern Controversies
Author Barry Smart
Series Social Futures
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1991-12-05
Number of pages 250
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.