Research Catalog

Title

Social sciences for an other politics : women theorizing without parachutes / Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, editor ; foreword by J.K. Gibson-Graham.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

Dinerstein, Ana C.

Description

xvi, 155 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This book opens up a unique intellectual space where eleven female scholar-activists explore alternative forms of theorising social reality. These Women on the Vergé demonstrate that a new radical subject́ one that is plural, prefigurative, decolonial, ethical, ecological, communal and democratic- is in the making, but is unrecognisable with old analytical tools. Of central concern to the book is the resistance of some social scientists, many of them critical theorists, to learning about this radical subject and to interrogating the concepts, methodologies and epistemologies used to grasp it. Echoing the experiential critique of capitalist-colonial society that is taking place at the grassroots, the authors examine how to create hope, decolonise critique and denaturalise society. They also address the various dimensions of the social (re)production of life, including women in development, the commons, and nature. Finally, they discuss the dynamics of prefiguration by social movements, critiquing social movement theory in the process.This thought-provoking edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, social, Marxist and Feminist theory, postcolonial studies and politics. Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath, UK. She is a critical sociologist and writes about radical subjectivity; labour, social, rural and indigenous movements; Argentine and Latin American politics, autonomy, Ernst Bloch, hope, and contemporary forms of utopia.

Series Statement

Palgrave pivot

Uniform Title

Palgrave pivot.

Subjects

• Critical theory
• Feminist theory
• Social sciences > Philosophy
• Political science > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 17-2549

ISBN

• 3319477757
• 9783319477756

LCCN

2016956659

OCLC

959035096

Title

Social sciences for an other politics : women theorizing without parachutes / Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, editor ; foreword by J.K. Gibson-Graham.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave pivot

Palgrave pivot.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dinerstein, Ana C., editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-2549