The promise of poststructuralist sociology : marginalized peoples and the problem of knowledge / Clayton W. Dumont
- Bib ID:
- 4394825
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dumont, Clayton W., 1962-
- Description:
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- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008
- 226 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780791474419
- 9780791474426
- Summary:
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"In this 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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Meeting the monster : understanding poststructuralist assumptions
- A genealogy of the scientific self
- Toward a post-Christian ethic of responsibility in sociology
- The American debate on "postmodernism"
- Who's understanding whose past? : telling the truth about Native dead
- Taking charge of the affirmative action debate : social science and racial justice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2008
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