Difference Troubles
Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics
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- Paperback
322 pages
- Release Date
9 October 1997
Summary
Difference Troubles 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521599702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521599709 |
| Author: | Steven Seidman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 322 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 1997 |
| Weight: | 545g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
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Steven Seidman
Steven Seidman is Professor of Sociology at State University of New York at Albany. He is a world renowned social theorist working in the areas of social theory, culture, sexuality, comparative sociology, theory of democracy, nationalism and globalization. He is the author and editor of several books including “Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and Ethics in Contemporary America” (1992), “The Postmodern Turn: New Perspectives on Social Theory” (editor, 1995), “Queer Theory/Sociology” (Blackwell, 1996), “The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates” (edited with Jeffrey C. Alexander, 2001),
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