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Postmodernism, also spelled post-modernism, is an approach in sociology that stresses the uncertain nature of societies in which all certainties have been challenged and undermined. The condition of a lived experience occurs in a global society without absolute rules or explanations.
This article investigates the place of postmodernism in sociology today by making a distinction between its epistemological and empirical forms. During the 1980s and early 1990s, sociologists exposited, appropriated, and normalized an epistemological postmodernism that thematizes the tentative, reflective, and possibly shifting nature of knowledge.
Ultimately, this article suggests that understanding postmodernism as a combination of these two moments can lead to a sociology whose epistemological modesty and empirical sensitivity encourage a deeper and broader approach to the contemporary social world.
- Rekha Mirchandani
- 2005
Jan 9, 2024 · Postmodernism has had a significant impact on the field of sociology, influencing both theory and research. It has challenged the dominance of structural functionalism and Marxism, which were prominent theories in sociology during the mid-20th century.
Oct 31, 2023 · We have described empirical and theoretical work that is bringing environmental questions into urban sociology and the wide-ranging theory and methods of urban sociology—from urban political economy to post- and de-colonial frameworks and to culturally and ethnographically informed methodological approaches—into the environmental realm.
Mar 10, 2015 · Provides a thorough update of the field of environmental sociology and includes several of the newer theoretical and empirical areas, such as ecological modernization theory, world polity theory, and climate skepticism.
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Postmodernism and environmental ethics. Environmental ethics are a set of norms that a society accepts as a foundation for mediating and guiding their behavior towards the environment. In Western society, we have used our science, as well as other traditions (e.g. capitalist economics, humaneness, aesthetics), to form the foundation of our ...
