Studies in American Sociology Ser.: Roads to Dystopia : Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition by Stanford Lyman (2001, Hardcover)

University of Arkansas Press

1557287112

9781557287113

1885303

464 Pages

Roads to Dystopia : Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition

English

Sociology / General, History & Surveys / Modern, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

2001

Textbook

Stanford Lyman

Philosophy, Social Science

Studies in American Sociology Ser.

Hardcover

1.4 in

29 Oz

9 in

6 in

Scholarly & Professional

2001-001999

21

301

In these eight essays, Lyman (sociology, Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton) argues that postmodern epistemologies provide a disservice to those who struggle for freedom. Bringing scrutiny to the American Dilemma, the Jewish Question, the role of cinema, and the place of community, he examines American discourses on race. Particular atte, If the postmodern condition is a dystopia characterized by alienation and despair, argues distinguished sociologist Stanford Lyman, postmodern epistemologies compound the problem by denigrating Enlightenment philosophies that still offer agency and hope to those who struggle to be free. In this, his sixth volume in the Studies in American Sociology series, Lyman examines this contradiction as it has shaped American discourses on race and community, asking why Gunnar Myrdal's "American Dilemma" is still unresolved; how Chinese workers have fared in the labor movement and in labor history; what searches for "the lost tribes of Israel" have meant socially and historically; how cinema has offered metaphors for social action but presented failed utopias on screen; and how we have not yet established a basic definition of "the good life." In each of these instances, Lyman seeks new routes in the quest for justice.

HM449.L94 2001