{"product_id":"social-postmodernism-by-linda-nicholson-and-steven-seldman","title":"'Social Postmodernism' by Linda Nicholson and Steven Seldman","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSocial Postmodernism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e catches a particular and quite uncomfortable mid-90s theoretical pressure point. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe question circled is very much what happens after identity politics has made power visible, but before theory has figured out how to think coalition, difference, sexuality, class, race, gender, and social structure without flattening them into slogans. Edited by Linda Nicholson and Steven Seidman, the collection brings postmodern and social theory into contact with feminist, queer, and political critique, arguing against both old universalism and lazy fragmentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is less “postmodernism as vibes” and more postmodernism as an argument about social life. It looks at how bodies are made legible, how identities become political, how liberation movements inherit the categories they are trying to dismantle. It sits in that fertile, slightly combative period when theorists were trying to get beyond the simple theatre of “identity good \/ identity bad” and think through what collective politics might look like after the stable subject had been kicked down the stairs. Useful for readers interested in feminist theory, queer theory, sociology, cultural studies, and the longer mess of identity politics before the internet turned it into a factory siren.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1995 Cambridge University Press paperback. Good copy with light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45717290319955,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-19T144142.401.png?v=1781844118","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/social-postmodernism-by-linda-nicholson-and-steven-seldman","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}