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The Promise of Poststructuralist Sociology
Clayton W. Dumont
其他書名
Marginalized Peoples and the Problem of Knowledge
出版
SUNY Press
, 2008-05-08
主題
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
ISBN
0791474410
9780791474419
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EH8LuRTCzBQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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 sociologys 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 disciplines 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.