The Postmodern Turn

This book collects the most important statements of the postmodern theory, including the classics essays of authors such as Lyotard, Haraway, Foucault, and Rorty.

The Postmodern Turn gathers together the most important statements of postmodern theory, providing the classic essays of authors such as Lyotard, Haraway, Foucault and Rorty. Contributors include well known theorists in the fields of sociology, anthropology, women's and gay studies, philosophy, and history.The Postmodern Turn gathers together in one volume some of the most important statements of the postmodern approach to human studies. In addressing postmodern social theory and emphasising the social role of knowledge, this book abandons the disciplinary boundaries separating the sciences and the humanities. The first collection of its kind, it provides the classic essays of authors such as Lyotard, Haraway, Foucault and Rorty. Contributors include well-known theorists in the fields of sociology, anthropology, women's and gay studies, philosophy, and history.