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Full-Text Articles in Sociology of Culture
The Centrality Of Disagreement, Brian T. Connor
The Centrality Of Disagreement, Brian T. Connor
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation brings the philosophical writings of Jacques Rancière to sociology through the examination of women’s suffrage in the US from the late 18th through mid 19th century. The issue of equality takes center stage here, as Rancière’s politics is based on the alteration of symbolic categories of equal and unequal. The result is a sociological theory of politics that claims disagreement, not consensus, must be at the base of any democratic politics that broadly seeks equality. Women’s limited suffrage in New Jersey from 1776-1807, and the build up and proclamation of equality at the Seneca Falls Convention …
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Doctoral Dissertations
What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …
Rethinking Power, Lester R. Kurtz
Karma As Social Theory, Lester R. Kurtz
Untangling The Web Of Violence, Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer Turpin
Untangling The Web Of Violence, Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer Turpin
Lester R. Kurtz
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Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
The Greek tragic flaw refers to a virtue extended to such an extreme that it becomes a vice. Sociology's tragic flaw includes a virtue - the pursuit of objectivity - when carried to an extreme exchanges personal prejudices for abstract ones.