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Dow S (2001) Modernism and Postmodernism: A Dialectical Analysis. In: Cullenberg S, Amariglio J & Ruccio DF (eds.) Postmodernism, Economics and Knowledge. Economics as Social Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 61-76. https://www.routledge.com/Post-Modernism-Economics-and-Knowledge/Amariglio-Cullenberg-Ruccio/p/book/9780415110266
Abstract
First paragraph: Postmodernism addresses the fragmented nature of meaning arising from discursive processes. This chapter takes a process approach to postmodernism itself, seeing it, not as an end-state, but as being itself part of a discursive process. The ¡®post¡¯ in postmodernism is thus taken seriously as referring to the temporal framework of discourse. The premise is that modes of thought in economics, or any discipline, arise from the wider cultural/political/technological context, so that the focus is on broad trends; this approach is not incompatible with ¡®moments¡¯ of reaction, which may be part of the engine for change in thought.
Keywords
postmodernism; modernism
| Status | Published |
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| Title of series | Economics as Social Theory |
| Publication date | 31/12/2001 |
| Publication date online | 30/06/2001 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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| Place of publication | London |
| ISBN | 9780415110259 |
| eISBN | 9780429231094 |
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Emeritus Professor, Economics