Durkheim and Postmodern Culture

Informationen zum Autor Stjepan Mestrovic Klappentext This is an elaboration of the authors previous efforts in Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology (1988) and The Coming Fin de Sicle (1991) to demonstrate Durkheims neglected relevance to postmodern discourse. The aims include finding affinities between our fin de sicle and Durkheims fin de sicle! and connecting the contemporary themes of rebellion against Enlightenment narratives found in postmodern culture with similar concerns found in Durkheims sociology and in his fin de sicle culture! contributing to Durkheimian scholarship and postmodern discourse. Zusammenfassung The present work is an elaboration of the author's previous efforts in Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology (1988) and The Coming Fin de Sibcle (1991) to demonstrate Durkheim's neglected relevance to the postmodern discourse Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Postmodernism as a Cultural Problem; 2: Rediscovering the Romantic Origins of Feminism; 3: The Romantic Antecedents of Postmodern Culture and Sociology; 4: The Social World as Will and Idea; 5: Postmodern Language as a Social Fact; 6: Postmodernism and Religion; 7: Suicide and the Will to Life; 8: Conclusions

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• Authors: Stjepan Mestrovic, Stjepan G. Mestrovic, Stjepan Gabriel Mestrovic, Stjepan G. Meštrović
• Assisted by: Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic (Editor), Stjepan Mestrovic (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1992
• EAN: 9780202304397
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30439-7
• No. of pages: 203
• Series: Communication & Social Order; Communication & Social Order
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology