Sociologists and Social Progress
Alexander O. Miller
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Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book utilizes narratives from U.S. and Caribbean scholars to examine the viability of sociologists changing the world from below through sporadic interdependent networks (Piven 2008). The conclusion reached is that in its current state, the academy can do little to improve conditions in society, as sociologists are themselves embattled by defeating narratives revolving around: poor personal experiences; the recalcitrance of Old World history; European epistemological meta-narratives, and; the multi-paradigmatic criteria for determining sociological knowledge. If sociologists are to finally influence society then the academy has to first overcome its calcified European and Anglo-American principles of domination.
This book utilizes narratives from U.S. and Caribbean scholars to examine the viability of sociologists changing the world from below through sporadic interdependent networks (Piven 2008). The conclusion reached is that in its current state, the academy can do little to improve conditions in society, as sociologists are themselves embattled by defeating narratives revolving around: poor personal experiences; the recalcitrance of Old World history; European epistemological meta-narratives, and; the multi-paradigmatic criteria for determining sociological knowledge. If sociologists are to finally influence society then the academy has to first overcome its calcified European and Anglo-American principles of domination.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739138786
SKU
V9780739138786
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About Alexander O. Miller
O. Alexander Miller is an independent scholar.
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Confronting the discipline of sociology with the eye of a critical journalist, Miller takes a searing look at the dominant western ethnocentric voice that still prevails among Caribbean sociologists located in the US and in the Caribbean Region and advocates for an urgent dismantling of the existing hegemonies of knowledge and power for meaningful breakthroughs in theory and praxis.
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