Detraditionalization : Critical Reflections on Authority and Identity

Heelas, Paul (EDT); Lash, Scott (EDT); Morris, Paul (EDT); Centre for the Study of Cultural Values at Lancaster University (COR)

ISBN 10: 155786554X / ISBN 13: 9781557865540

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Detraditionalization : Critical Reflections on Authority and Identity
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155786554X
• ISBN 13: 9781557865540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The modernity and postmodernity debates of recent years have tended to direct attention towards frameworks of periodization, and away from the social and cultural processes currently at work in the world. This volume reverses the emphasis, to focus on modes of authority and identity, and to examine the roles which existing and new traditions may play in our epoch. It announces a new agenda for contemporary social theory, moving beyond current debates over (post)modernity.
The contributors include Mark Poster, Richard Sennett, Ulrich Beck, Margaret Archer, Mary Douglas and Thomas Luckmann.

About the Author

Paul Heelas, Scott Lash and Paul Morris are the authors and editors of many books and have also worked within the Centre for the Study of Cultural Values at the University of Lancaster. This book is a sequel to Scott Lash and Jonathan Friedman's influential reader, Modernity and Identity, published by Blackwell in 1992.