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Anthony Woodiwiss re-examines the political, economic and social life of the United States over the past 60 years. The result is both a novel history of post-war America and a significant contribution to the idea of postmodernism as a social and cultural form.
Anthony Woodiwiss is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. His previous books include Social Theory After Postmodernism, Rights versus Conspiracy: A Sociological Essay on the Development of Labour Law in the United States and Law, Labour and Society in Japan: From Repression to Reluctant Recognition.
Introduction
PART ONE: FINDING SOCIAL MODERNISM
New Deal Figurations
The Society that Would be Modern
A Modernizing Discourse
Social Modernism and Class Relations
PART TWO: FORGETTING SOCIAL MODERNISM
The Return of the Referents
The Vietnam War, Protest and Class Relations
The Discourse of Forgetfulness
Social (Post)modernism and Class Relations
Conclusion
