Difference Troubles
Download or Read eBook Difference Troubles PDF written by Steven Seidman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Steven Seidman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 1997-10-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521599709 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521599702 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Difference Troubles by : Steven Seidman
Book excerpt: Difference Troubles, first published in 1997, examines the implications for social theory and sexual politics of taking difference seriously. It explores the trouble difference makes not only for the social sciences, but also for the people - feminists, queer theorists, postmodernists - who champion difference. Seidman asks how social thinkers should conceptualize differences such as gender, race, and sexuality, without reducing them to an inferior status. This is a wide-ranging and sophisticated discussion of contemporary social theory and sexual politics, presented with Seidman's familiar imagination and clarity. In addition, it argues persuasively for a pragmatic approach to difference troubles in theory and politics.
