Crisis, Politics and Critical Sociology

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17948-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, the world has entered a sustained period of crisis. In order to understand the forces that created our current social world, we need the tools provided by a critical sociology. This volume draws upon the work of contemporary critical sociologists searching for the roots of our present social and economic problems. Both prominent figures and emerging voices in sociology come together to offer insights into our present dilemmas from a critical perspective. The questions they ask and attempt to answer include: What is critical sociology? What is the significance of the new Obama administration? What tools do post-structuralism, postmodernism, feminism, and new forms of social theory offer critical discourse?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cassano, Graham

Dello Buono, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

On the Contributors
1. What is Critical Sociology?, Graham Cassano

I. A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS
2. Reflections on the Sociology Liberation Movement of 1968, Robert J. S. Ross
3. Scholarship from a Critical Perspective, David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine
4. A Left Weberian Road to Identity Politics in the United States, James W. Russell

II. POLITICS AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
5. It’s Real! Racism, Color Blindness, Obama, and the Urgent Need for Social Movement Politics, Eduardo
Bonilla-Silva and Victor Ray
6. President Obama and Political Culture in the United States, Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr.
7. Martin Luther King’s Dream, Obama and Post Racial Society—Can We Yet Hope for a New
Narrative?, Rodney D. Coates

III. REVISITING SOCIAL THEORY AND POLITICS
8. Why New Socialist Theory Needs Guy Debord: On the Practice of Radical Philosophy, Richard
Gilman-Opalsky
9. The Case for a Critical Sociology of Religion, Warren S. Goldstein
10. Moving From Attitudes to Behavior: Using Social Infl uence to Understand Interpersonal Racial Oppression,
Chavella T. Pittman
11. Teletechnology and Internal Dialogue, Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch
12. On Surveillance as a Solution to Security Issues, Vida Bajc
13. The Political Economy of School Violence in Trinidad: Towards a Caribbean Theory of Youth Crime, Daphne Phillips

Bibliography
Index
Name Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Cassano is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oakland University, in Rochester Michigan and an associate editor of Critical Sociology. He publishes on social theory and the relationship of New Deal cinema to class formation in the US.

Richard “Ricardo” A. Dello Buono, Ph.D. (Boston College, 1986) in Social Economy, is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Manhattan College. He has lectured at various Latin American universities and his research areas include comparative social problems and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.