Northern theory: The political geography of general social theory

被引：85

作者：

Connell, Raewyn ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Fac Educ & Social Work, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

THEORY AND SOCIETY | 2006年 / 35卷 / 02期

关键词：

Social Theory; Corporate Actor; Historical Materialism; Social Reproduction; Contemporary Critique;

D O I：

10.1007/s11186-006-9004-y

中图分类号：

C91 [社会学];

学科分类号：

030301 ; 1204 ;

摘要：

The relationship between geopolitical position and general social theory is examined by a detailed reading of three important texts, Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory, Bourdieu's Logic of Practice, and Giddens's Constitution of Society. Effects of metropolitan position are traced in theoretical strategies, conceptions of time and history, models of agency, ideas of modernity, and other central features of their theorizing. Four textual moves are identified that together constitute the northernness of general social theory: claiming universality, reading from the center, gestures of exclusion, and grand erasure. Some alternative paths for theory, embodying different relations with the global South, are briefly indicated. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006.

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页码：237 / 264

页数：28