{"product_id":"from-post-industrial-to-post-modern-society-new-theories-of-the-contemporary-world-paperback-softback-9781405114295","title":"From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society; New Theories of the Contemporary World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405114295","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Theories of the Contemporary World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKrishan Kumar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405114295, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 October 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This superb book, which has been essential reading since its original publication, now includes a major new introductory chapter, covering theories of globalization and multiple modernity’s. Kumar manages to to be judicious and provocative, comprehensive and clear, and magisterial and readable. The book is an indispensable guide to these highly contested yet inescapable attempts to theorize modern societies.” \u003ci\u003eWilliam Outhwaite, University of Sussex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“From Post-Industrial to Post Modern Society has established itself as an incomparable classic of modern sociology. The second edition extends the range of the original text to address new problems of globalism, and thereby integrates the globalization debate into concerns about post-modernity. A singular achievement.” \u003ci\u003eBryan Turner, Cambrige University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew edition of a classic study by a leading social theorist\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores three major ideas crucial to contemporary social theory: the information society, post-Fordism, and post-modernism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces the three key ideas within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the Second Edition. \u003cp\u003ePreface to First Edition..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Rethinking Modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Revival of Post-Industrial Theory..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Information Society..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Fordism and Post-Fordism..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Modernity and Post-Modernity (1): The Idea of the Modern..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Modernity and Post-Modernity (2): The Idea of Post-Modernity..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Millennial Themes: Endings and Beginnings..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507411448088,"sku":"9781405114295","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405114295.jpg?v=1786445988","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-post-industrial-to-post-modern-society-new-theories-of-the-contemporary-world-paperback-softback-9781405114295","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}