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`Social theory is a very difficult subject to teach and it is one that students generally find hard to get to grips with. Teaching Yourself Social Theory offers a highly original and comprehensive resource that will be welcomed by students and teachers alike' - Barry Smart, University of Portsmouth `I have no hesitation in recommending Harris' text to students and teachers of social theory' - Sociology This refreshing and accessible text demonstrates how social theory can be made into an intelligible discourse that touches upon key aspects of everyday life. The abstraction and formalism of much contemporary social theory is criticized as unnecessarily `scholastic' for the beginner. The author maintains that the main problems in studying the subject are not intrinsic to social theory, but derive from how the subject is taught as a university discipline. This lively book uses non-specialist terms to introduce more complex themes, and incorporates a Website with questions and reading guides to some of the classic works.
The Politics of Otherness
The Politics of Otherness
I intend to consider a number of recent important developments in analysing cultural politics, including the politics of identity. I shall then go on to consider in more depth the particular ways in which this approach has led to some interesting developments in feminism specifically. Again, I am not suggesting that feminist cultural politics has any more deep virtue than, say, the politics of racial differences, or struggles over the notion of disability, each of which could also be pursued here. I am prioritising feminist politics partly because I think it is an important case exemplifying the technical implications and difficulties.
As the consideration of those other examples shows, however, the politics of otherness is a widespread element of ...
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