Sociology after Postmodernism

David Owen is lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Maturity and Modernity (1994) and Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity (1995).CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERESamanta Ashenden Birkbeck College University of LondonPaul Connolly University of UlsterMitchell Dean Macquarrie UniversityPeter Jowers University of the West of EnglandThomas Osborne University of BristolRalph Schroeder Royal Holloway College University of LondonNigel South University of EssexSean Watson University of the West of EnglandMalcolm Waters University of Tasmania

`For those of us who take the thesis of postmodernity seriously yet retain the empirical and theoretical apparatus of sociology, this book will be a very welcome addition to our libraries′ - Contemporary Sociology

• INTRODUCTIONThe Postmodern Challenge to Sociology - David OwenCLASSInequality after Class - Malcolm WatersGENDERFeminism, Postmodernism and the Sociology of Gender - Samantha AshendenRACE AND ETHNICITYRacism and Postmodernism: Towards a Theory of Practice - Paul ConnollyCRIMINOLOGY AND DEVIANCELate-Modern Criminology - Nigel South`Late′ as in `Dead′ or `Modern′ as in `New′LAWLaw, Politics and the Social Sciences - Alan HuntSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYThe Sociology of Science and Technology after Relativism - Ralph SchroederCULTURE AND MEDIASocial Theory and Cultural Studies - Douglas KellnerSEXUALITYSex after `Sexuality′ - Arlene SteinFrom Sexology to Post-StructuralismAFFECTIVITYSomatology - Sean Watson and Peter Jowers Sociology and the VisceralMEDICINE AND THE BODYBody Amnesia - Comments on Corporeality - Thomas OsborneHISTORY AND POLITICSSociology after Society - Mitchell Dean