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Carter, Bob and Virdee, Satnam (2008) Racism and the sociological imagination. British Journal of Sociology, Vol.59 (No.4). pp. 661-679. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x ISSN 0007-1315.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x
Abstract
Our chief purpose in this article is to argue for a restoration of a strong notion of agency to sociological accounts of social relations, and particularly those concerned with group formation and conflict. We contend that much contemporary sociological writing on this topic continues to rely on the concepts of race and ethnicity as primary explanatory or descriptive devices. This has two important consequences: on the one hand it reproduces the powerful theoretical obfuscation associated with these concepts, whilst on the other it prompts the notion that human agency has only an illusory role as an intentional agent. Drawing on the intellectual resources of a Hegelian-inflected historical materialism and realism, we challenge both claims by arguing for a post-race, post-ethnicity sociology of group formation, one which allows a greater scope for agency in the determination of social life.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Social conflict -- Research, Racism, Anti-racism, Race -- Research, Historical materialism | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Sociology | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0007-1315 | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.59 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 661-679 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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