Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Meeting the Monster: Understanding Poststructuralist Assumptions 2. A Genealogy of the Scientific Self 3. Toward a Post-Christian Ethic of Responsibility in Sociology 4. The American Debate on "Postmodernism" 5. Who's Understanding Whose Past? "Telling the Truth" about Native Dead 6. Taking Charge of the Affirmative Action Debate: Social Science and Racial Justice Parting Thoughts Notes References Index

About the Author

Clayton W. Dumont Jr. is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University.

Reviews

"The author brings an original and provocative perspective to the debate surrounding sociology and postmodernism, and has written a unique book in its ambition, scope, and deliberately personal dimension. He illustrates difficult ideas with many easy-to-understand examples, and he inserts himself into the writing so that the reader feels as if in a conversation or dialogue. Students will feel the author's presence and be engaged." - Steven Seidman, author of Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today, Third Edition