Postponing the Postmodern Sociological Practices, Selves, and Theories

by Agger, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780742519206
• ISBN10: 0742519201
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

We are not yet at a moment that could be called postmodernity, and may never be, says leading sociologist Ben Agger in his newest book. Modernity is still our history, our framework. Nevertheless, Agger shows how postmodern theory can enhance understanding of the self, everyday life, and culture in the early 21st century. Changes in culture, commerce, and communications, such as the internet, require postmodern modes of knowing. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Ben Agger is professor of sociology and humanities, University of Texas at Arlington.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part I: Authoring Sociological Practices
Sociological Selves Write Science Fiction	3	(28)
What Did We Know before Sociology?	31	(34)
Are Authors Authored? Cultural Politics and Literary Agency in the Era of the Internet	65	(24)
Part II: Knowing Selves
The Virtual Self	89	(30)
Feminist Selves and the Public Sphere	119	(8)
Black Like Me: Racial Selves in Sociology and Social Theory	127	(22)
Part III: Postmodernities
Politics in Postmodernity: The Diaspora of Politics and the Homelessness of Political and Social Theory	149	(30)
Ben Agger
Timothy W. Luke
Between France and Germany Is Theory	179	(10)
Postponing the Postmodern	189	(10)
September 11, 2001: After Postmodernity, the Premodern?	199	(18)
Bibliography	217	(8)
Index	225	(8)
About the Author	233