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Tiêu đề
Classical theory, postmodernism, and the sociology liberal arts curriculum
Tác giả
Lembcke J.L.
Năm xuất bản
1993
Source title
The American Sociologist
Số trích dẫn
2
DOI
10.1007/BF02691919
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
This article presents classical theory as a modernist endeavor to apprehend the phenomenon of "unity of disunity." It presents the three ways that classical theory comes to grips with the problem of wholes and parts: the holism of Durkheim, the dialectical materialism of Marx, and the pluralism of Weber. It argues that postmodernism liquidates, rather than solves, the unity of disunity problem by treating "wholes" as mere appearances. The article contends that postmodernism needs to be taken more seriously than it has been by sociologists but that, ultimately, the challenge presented by postmodernism validates the relevancy of classical theory. The article concludes that the postmodernist influence has diminished sociology's relevance to real-world problems and, as a result, made the discipline less relevant for undergraduates. It calls for a revitalized sociology of sociology with the capacity to think through the trap formed by neoconservatism on the one side and the micro politics of postmodernism on the other. © 1994 Springer.
Từ khóa
Tài liệu tham khảo
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Nơi xuất bản
Springer-Verlag
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus