Racism: a very short introduction
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This book offers an incisive and original perspective on the works of Zygmunt Bauman, perhaps the greatest sociologist of the late twentieth century. It examines the limitations of his approach while recognising the importance of his legacy as a theorist who insisted on the need for moral engagement
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Band 167, Heft 1, S. 141-144
ISSN: 1461-7455, 0725-5136
In: Patterns of prejudice: a publication of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and the American Jewish Committee, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 295-297
ISSN: 1461-7331
In: The sociological review, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 908-917
ISSN: 1467-954X
In: Theory, culture & society: explorations in critical social science, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 112-128
ISSN: 1460-3616
The race idea keeps recurring in different guises and yet has an intriguing 'ever-changing sameness'. Ash Amin has provided an insightful discussion of the question in an earlier issue of this journal. I supplement his account by pointing to the ways in which the nature—culture puzzle identified by Lévi-Strauss creates continuing spaces and seductions for the race idea. I offer an account of the perils of using supposedly 'natural' human attributes, as in versions of cognitive anthropology, to explain racism, without completely discounting the idea of human universals. I also explore how 'race' retains its continuing hold by intertwining with themes of class, sexuality and nation. I provide an interpretation of racist identities and explain why my account offers both greater pessimism and more optimism than Amin's more uniform 'ontological pessimism'.
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 613-621
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Interventions: international journal of postcolonial studies, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 118-134
ISSN: 1469-929X
In: Economy and society, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 480-500
ISSN: 1469-5766
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 339-349
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 97-99
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: The sociological review, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 641-669
ISSN: 1467-954X
In this paper I comment critically on the dominant form of appropriation of Marx's theory of class and the state within what one might call the 'conventional' sociology of class in the post-war period. I argue that the typical mode of interpretation and assimilation has been highly selective and has taken a form that has rendered the proposed theory particularly vulnerable to sociological criticism especially in the light of changes in the structure of capitalist social formations in the twentieth century, although there is no suggestion here that the selectivity has been intentional. I contrast the dominant sociological construction and critique of Marx's theory of classes and the state with an interpretation drawn from recent scholarship, arguing that it is possible to document the contention that most theorems hitherto regarded both as central to Marx's analysis and as particularly susceptible to criticism were actually revised by Marx himself in his maturity as part of a more general process of intellectual formation and theoretical development. Many of these revisions have been widely discussed in debates within the world of Marx scholarship and some have undoubtedly been noticed in sociological interpretations of Marx. However, they have not led to the major overall reinterpretation of Marx's theory of class that is now long overdue.
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 2, Heft 5, S. 81-88
ISSN: 1461-703X
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 81-88
ISSN: 0261-0183
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 125-127
ISSN: 1461-703X