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This short reflective piece uses the concept of 'home' to explore sociology as an intellectual and disciplinary pursuit. Drawing on autobiographical reflections and ethnographic study of sociology writing, I consider some of the trajectories of academics into sociology and what these tell us about the discipline itself. In light of increasing incursions by audit culture and marketisation of academia, Holmwood has drawn attention to a lack of clear internal identity as being 'sociology's misfortune' – that sociology loses out, and is weakened by lacking theories and methodologies specific to the discipline. This essay takes a more optimistic view of sociology's position, and instead argues that it is this very ambiguity which keeps the discipline a lively and vital space for explorations of the social.

This article presents a critical uncovering of the continued dominance of whiteness and maleness in processes and practices of knowledge formation. Tracking the figure of the 'white theory boy' or 'dead white man' across experiential accounts of theory, scholarship on canonicity, and pedagogical strategies, the article demonstrates his enduring authority in theoretical knowledge making and dissemination. Where this article moves somewhere different is its suggestion that a space of sympathy be extended to this hegemonic figure. Though the dominance of the 'white theory boy' undoubtedly perpetuates inequalities throughout social theoretic thought, it is necessary to locate a new method of tackling such ingrained problems. Though extending sympathy to the 'white theory boy' is perhaps initially counter-intuitive, my suggestion is that he does not hold the sort of monolithic power we might first assume. Bringing an intersectional analysis of gender, class, 'race' and ethnicity to bear on this figure, creates a space in which a more critical and fine-grained account of the relationship between power, knowledge, and social status can be uncovered. It is through extending this space of sympathy and mutual cooperation to 'white theory boys' that the practical and conceptual machinations of their power are further revealed. From here a more thorough dismantling of this power becomes possible.

In The 'Postmodern Turn' in the Social Sciences, Simon Susen traces the epistemological shift from modern to postmodern thought and the influence of this transformation on the social sciences. While admiring of his comprehensive descriptive accounts of the projects of modernity and postmodernism, Sarah Burton is left feeling that the lack of penetrating critique or analytical 'bite' may be symptomatic of the very postmodern perspective that Susen sets out to interrogate.

La cacofonía de lo heterogéneo alza su voz en silencio. Su pretendido coro no deja de interrumpirse por la distancia de sus presencias, por sus ritmos dispares, por el idioma oculto de sus cantos. Para el lector, esta disonancia se alza en flujo por el mero capricho de este ensamble editorial. Pero, ¿por qué forzar a los divergentes hacia la conjunción de este coro mudo? ¿Por qué articular sus estilos de respuesta en relación a la pregunta por la escritura de lo social dentro de un artefacto que los muestra, traduce y transgrede? Quizás, como sostenía Schopenhauer, porque la mayoría escribe del mismo modo en que se juega al dominó: vinculando frases, una a una, en una mezcla entre azar y deliberación. Así, lo que se escribe sobre lo social nace, de igual manera, en un intersticio de esa índole; también, en éste juego colectivo. Nos entretenemos, aquí, sobrellevando la imposible escritura de lo inabarcable. ; Fil: Alvaro Candia, Daniel Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina ; Fil: Ariztía, Tomás. Universidad Diego Portales; Chile ; Fil: Barozet, Emmanuelle. Universidad de Chile; Chile ; Fil: Basaure, Mauro. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile ; Fil: Bielsa, Esperanza. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España ; Fil: Bell, Vikki. No especifica; Fil: Bolaños, Bernardo. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; México ; Fil: Burton, Sarah. No especifica; Fil: Borch, Christian. Copenhagen Business School; Dinamarca ; Fil: Chernilo, Daniel. University Of Loughborough; Reino Unido ; Fil: Connell, Raewyn. University of Sydney; Australia ; Fil: Cordero, Rodrigo. Universidad Diego Portales; Chile ; Fil: Espósito, Elena. No especifica; Fil: Heredia, Mariana. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú ; Fil: Lahire, Bernard. Universite Lyon 2; Francia ; Fil: Modonesi, Massimo. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México ; Fil: Outhwaite, William. University of Newcastle; Reino Unido ; Fil: Salinas, Francisco. Universidad Diego Portales; Chile ; Fil: Tijoux, María Emilia. Universidad de Chile; Chile ; Fil: Torres Castaños, Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina ; Fil: Turner, Charles. University of Warwick; Reino Unido ; Fil: Vandenberghe, Fréderic. Universidade do Estado de Rio do Janeiro; Brasil ; Fil: Wajcman, Judy. The London School of Economics and Political Sc.; Reino Unido