Dorothy Smith’s Sociology for People: Theory for Discovery

IF 4.1 1区 社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY
Marjorie DeVault
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Dorothy E. Smith was a second-wave feminist scholar of the 1970s who brought forward an insistent critique of women’s exclusion from knowledge production and the resulting distortions of sociological theory. I offer here a reading of the theory Smith developed as she worked toward a sociology that could move the field beyond those distortions, toward a method of inquiry that could be useful for women and generally for people puzzled by the circumstances of their lives. I highlight Smith’s commitment to knowledge that is anchored in a shared, material world; the originality of her approach to the investigation of textually mediated social organization; and the goal of mapping social organization that underlies her approach.
多萝西·史密斯的人的社会学:探索理论
多萝西·E·史密斯是20世纪70年代的第二波女权主义学者,她对女性被排斥在知识生产之外以及由此导致的社会学理论扭曲提出了坚持的批评。我在这里阅读史密斯在致力于社会学的过程中发展起来的理论,这种社会学可以将该领域超越这些扭曲,转向一种对女性和对生活环境感到困惑的人有用的调查方法。我强调史密斯对知识的承诺,这种承诺植根于一个共享的物质世界;她研究文本中介社会组织的方法的独创性;以及绘制社会组织图的目标,这是她方法的基础。
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Sociological Theory
Sociological Theory SOCIOLOGY-
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6.90
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期刊介绍: Published for the American Sociological Association, this important journal covers the full range of sociological theory - from ethnomethodology to world systems analysis, from commentaries on the classics to the latest cutting-edge ideas, and from re-examinations of neglected theorists to metatheoretical inquiries. Its themes and contributions are interdisciplinary, its orientation pluralistic, its pages open to commentary and debate. Renowned for publishing the best international research and scholarship, Sociological Theory is essential reading for sociologists and social theorists alike.
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