‘Postmodern Turn’ in the Social Sciences

Simon Susen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at City University London, UK. He previously held lectureships at Birkbeck College (University of London), Newcastle University, and Goldsmiths College (University of London). He is an Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and, together with Bryan S. Turner, Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology.

"Both the ambition and thoroughness of the new book are hailed by an array of prominent people in their supporting cover statements. ... Susen's intention to provide the sort of comprehensive thematic mapping that will get beneath the level of more accentuated or descriptive approaches to postmodernism, which tend to be couched in terms of individual thinkers, selective issues, and individual disciplines." (Gregor McLennan, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, Vol. 4 (1), February, 2017) "This book supplies a remarkably researched and painstakingly detailed descriptive narrative of a putative shift from modern to postmodern. ... It is full of fine-grained description and is extremely comprehensive. It is a book that could find a thankful reader in anyone requiring a systematic review of the projects of modernity and postmodernism, and their relative strengths and weaknesses." (Sarah Burton, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, November, 2015)

• "Introduction 1. From Modern to Postmodern Epistemology? The ''Relativist Turn'' 2. From Modern to Postmodern Methodology? The ''Interpretive Turn'' 3. From Modern to Postmodern Sociology? The ''Cultural Turn'' 4. From Modern to Postmodern Historiography? The ''Contingent Turn'' 5. From Modern to Postmodern Politics? The ''Autonomous Turn'' 6. Critical Reflections on Postmodern Thought: Limitations of the ''Postmodern Turn'' Conclusion"