The Promise of Poststructuralist Sociology: Marginalized Peoples and the Problem of Knowledge - Brossura

Dumont Jr., Clayton W.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0791474429 ISBN 13: 9780791474426

Casa editrice: State University of New York Press, 2008

Riassunto

In this fresh look at the serious challenges posed to sociology by poststructuralist philosophy, Clayton W. Dumont Jr. maintains that disempowered, marginalized peoples have much to gain from a poststructuralist interrogation of sociology's philosophical and theological presuppositions. He argues that debates among American sociologists in the 1980s and 1990s over the value of difficult poststructuralist writings failed to examine cultural assumptions rooted in the discipline's extended Greek and Christian inheritances. Writing in an accessible style, the author situates complex poststructuralist ideas in tangible examples drawn from everyday life. The book concludes with analyses of the heated political conflict surrounding the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 and affirmative action programs, illustrating the promise of increased political efficacy and civic responsibility of a poststructuralist-informed sociology.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Clayton W. Dumont Jr. is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791474429
• ISBN 13: 9780791474426
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 236
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile