From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World

Beginning, in a sense, where "Prophecy and Progress" ended, this work by Krishan Kumar provides an introduction to three new theories of industrial society: the information society, post-Fordism, and postmodernism. Asking why these theories have appeared when they have, and why they have held such an appeal, this critical survey should be suitable for students of contemporary society.