Undisciplined Theory

by Gary Genosko

What is the value of interdisciplinary theory? Are there any boundaries left which social theory must recognize? This book shows that the vital questions in theory are being posed and followed at the interdisciplinary level. Our awareness of this is curtailed by the institutional organization of social theory which still tends to assume a canon and clear boundaries. Gary Genosko proposes that postmodernism has provided the main challenge to institutional myopia. Yet postmodernism is too often treated as an aberration or a blind alley. The challenge for social theorists today is to develop and practice `undisciplined theories′ which constantly question the limits of the canon and expose the porous character of boundaries. Th

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 1998

Reviews

[Guera · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very difficult book to follow. It explores the value of interdisciplinary theory and the questions in theory interdisciplinary level. "Our awareness of this is curtailed by the institutional organization of social theory which still tends to assume a canon and clear boundaries". The challenge for social theorists today is to develop and practice 'undisciplined theories' which constantly question the limits of the canon and expose the porous character of boundaries.