The promise of poststructuralist sociology
Subtitle: marginalized peoples and the problem of knowledge
By: Clayton W. Dumont, Jr.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780791474419; 9780791474426
Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of; Sociology -- Philosophy; Sociology -- Methodology; Postmodernism -- Social aspects
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Meeting the monster : understanding poststructuralist assumptions; title: A genealogy of the scientific self; title: Toward a post-Christian ethic of responsibility in sociology; title: The American debate on "postmodernism"; title: Who's understanding whose past? "telling the truth" about Native dead; title: Taking charge of the affirmative action debate : social science and racial justice.