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Is theory only about men?
One of the excuses I often hear for theory syllabi or curricula that focus only or overwhelmingly on White men (sometimes with the inclusion of Du Bois as one of the rare non-White men, the approach I refer to as ‘White boys + Du Bois’) is that “there just aren’t that many women in social [sociological, insert any other discipline] theory”. Especially for these, I made this short video, to mark International Women’s Day 2021.
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Knowing neoliberalism
(This is a companion/’explainer’ piece to my article, ‘Knowing Neoliberalism’, published in July 2019 in Social Epistemology. While it does include a few excerpts from the article, if using it, please cite and refer to the original publication. The very end of this post explains why). What does it mean to ‘know’ neoliberalism? What does…
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The King’s Two(ish) Bodies
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