Post-modern Sociological Theory: A Feministic View

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Sociological theory has gone astray. It has lost most of its social and intellectual importance; it is disengaged from the conflicts and public debates that have nourished it in the past; it has turned inward and is largely self-referential. Sociological theory today is produced and consumed almost exclusively by sociological theorists. Its social and intellectual insularity accounts for the almost permanent sense of crisis and malaise that surrounds contemporary sociological theory. This distressing condition originates, in part, from its central project: the quest for foundations and for a totalizing theory of society. To revitalize sociological theory requires that we renounce scientism that is, the increasingly absurd claim to speak the truth, to be an epistemically privileged discourse. We must relinquish our quest for foundations or the search for the one correct or grounded set of premises, conceptual strategy, and explanation. Sociological theory will be revitalized if and when it becomes "social theory." My critique of sociological theory and advocacy of social theory as a social narrative with a moral intent will be advanced from the standpoint of postmodernism.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shalini Singh

Dr. Shalini Singh, presently working as a lecturer in the department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak is a dynamic, enterprising, promising and versatile personality. She has been actively associated with teaching and research since last thirteen years. She is also an associate faculty of the Institute of Development Studies of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Her main area of research is organisational behaviour and personality adjustment. She has been the recipient of young scientist award in IXth NAOP conference in 1998 and Prof. N.S. Chauhan (Agra) Behavioural scientist award in 2003. She has contributed large number of research articles to various reputed research journals and books.

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Post-modern Sociological Theory: A Feministic View
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1st ed.
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8181521835
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viii+216p.
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