Planning in a Postmodern Age

Postmodern social theory has provided significant insights into ourunderstanding of society and its components. Key thinkers including FoucaultBaudrillard and L... » 

Postmodern social theory has provided significant insights into ourunderstanding of society and its components. Key thinkers including FoucaultBaudrillard and Lyotard have challenged existing ideas about power andrationality in society. This book analyses planning from a postmodernperspective and explores alternative conceptions based on a combination ofpostmodern thinking and other fields of social theory. In doing so it exposessome of the limits of postmodern social theory while providing an alternativeconception of planning in the twentyfirst century.This title will appeal to anyone interested in how we think and act in relationto cities urban planning and governance. «