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New Directions in Social Theory

Race, Gender and the Canon
  • ISBN-13: 9780761942702
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Kate Reed
  • Price: AUD $477.00
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  • Local release date: 18/05/2006
  • Format: Hardback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 420g
  • Categories: Social theory [JHBA]Politics & government [JP]
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"This book contributes to the growing debates about social theory and its role through a discussion of the ways in which gender and race contributed to the exclusion of important thinkers from the sociological canon." - John Hughes, Lancaster University Who makes up the 'canon' of sociology - and who doesn't? Does sociology need a canon in the first place? Beyond Social Theory offers an innovative and passionate contribution to debates on the history and development of sociology and the exclusion of theorists - who are female, black, or both - from the mainstream of social theorizing. With compelling biographical sketches bringing the dynamics behind the 'canon' to life, Kate Reed focuses sharp analysis on the exclusion of theorists on race and gender from important debates on inequality. An important contribution to the debate on non-exclusionary theory, this book critically examines existing accounts of the history of the discipline, situating the development of social theory within a wider social and political context.
I joined the University of Sheffield in January 2004 as a Lecturer in Medical Sociology. I conducted my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Liverpool, Lancaster and Southampton. After completing my PhD in 2000 at the university of Southampton I held a lectureship from 2000-2003 in Sociology at the University of Kent before moving to the University of Sheffield. My research interests are as follows: sociology of health and illness, gender, social theory, race and ethnicity.
PART ONE: CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY The Classical Tradition Race, Gender and Hidden Classics PART TWO: MODERN SOCIOLOGY Theories of the Golden Age Race, Gender and Sociological Outsiders PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY Postmodernism and Social Theory Beyond Sociological Exclusion
"This important, tightly organized and written book deserves serious consideration and discussion. Essential." -- A. A. Sio
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