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This lucid and insightful study of a crucial area of current debate covers the three theories of contemporary change: the information society, post-Fordism and postmodernity.
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This classic study introduces and assesses the rival claims of three theories crucial to an understanding of contemporary social theory: the information society, post-Fordism, and postmodernism. Explaining how these theories developed and why they have held such an appeal, the book provides the most readable and evenly balanced account of three very different but overlapping paradigms. A new and substantial introduction to the second edition places the three key theories within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization. From Post Industrial to Post-Modern Society is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary theories of social, cultural, and economic change.
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In the second edition of this classic study, Krishan Kumar introduces and assesses the rival claims of three theories crucial to an understanding of contemporary social theory: the information society; post-Fordism; and post-modernism.
Explaining how these theories developed and why they have held such an appeal, the author provides the most readable and evenly-balanced account of three very different, but overlapping paradigms. In a new and substantial introduction, Kumar places the three key approaches within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization. From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary theories of social, cultural, and economic change.
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- PublisherWiley-Blackwell
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0631185593
- ISBN 13 9780631185598
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages253
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