Postmodernism and sociological theory

Postmodernism and sociological theory


Chudova I.А.

Cand. Sci (Soc.), Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology Faculty of Economics, National Research Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia dauza@mail.ru

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Chudova I.А. Postmodernism and sociological theory. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2015. No 5. P. 33-41




Abstract

The paper shows the place of postmodernism in sociological theory as a specific discourse of social sciences. Postmodernist dictionary and peculiarity of theoretical generalizations are demonstrated. The nature of this approach is discussed juxtaposing texts associated to modernism vs. those of postmodernists. In case of modernism, conceptual row of order, rationality, institute, actions, as well as specific generalizations based on the idea of controls and determinism are deployed, while in the second one notions of consumption, practices, discourse, identity and metaphorically ironical removal of causality in generalizations are normally used.


Keywords
discourse; discursive reading/vision; postmodernism; modernity; dictionary; style of generalizing
Content No 5, 2015