Abstract
This essay responds to a recent claim that postmodern theory has ‘failed’ in medical sociology. It critiques the objective and empirical grounds upon which the claim against postmodernism is made while raising the larger question of how best to assess the present moment in the history of sociological knowledge. Using the techniques of rhetorical analysis, the essay then situates the claim regarding postmodernism's ‘failure’ in the context of similar critiques that have appeared in published sociological literature. Outcomes of this analysis show how critiques of postmodernism function as a rhetorical screen that both veils and partially expresses larger disciplinary concerns about the ethics, politics and future of sociology. Concluding remarks address the need for more open discussion about the values of social research.
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