Crisis, politics and critical sociology / edited by Graham Cassano & Richard A. Dello Buono.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cassano, Graham.

Dello Buono, Richard Alan.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 17.

Studies in critical social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Critical theory.

Neoliberalism.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Summary:

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?

Contents:

What is critical sociology? / Graham Cassano

Reflections on the sociology liberation movement of 1968 / Robert J.S. Ross

Scholarship from a critical perspective / David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine

A left Weberian road to identity politics in the United States / James W. Russell

It's real! Racism, color blindness, Obama, and the urgent need for social movement politics / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Victor Ray

President Obama and political culture in the United States / Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr.

Martin Luther King's dream, Obama and post racial society : can we yet hope for a new narrative? / Rodney D. Coates

Why new socialist theory needs Guy Debord : on the practice of radical philosophy / Richard Gilman-Opalsky

The case for a critical sociology of religion / Warren S. Goldstein

Moving from attitudes to behavior : using social influence to understand interpersonal racial oppression / Chavella T. Pittman

Teletechnology and internal dialogue / Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch

On surveillance as a solution to security issues / Vida Bajc

The political economy of school violence in Trinidad : towards a Caribbean theory of youth crime / Daphne Phillips.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004179486

9004179488

OCLC:

429227873