Crisis, Politics and Critical Sociology (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 17)

Bringing together critical scholars, this volume seeks to understand the roots of our current social and economic crisis on a number of themes including the legacy of critical sociology, the significance of the new Obama administratioadministration, and the relationship of social theory to social practice As The First Decade Of The 21st Century Comes To A Close, The World Has Entered A Sustained Period Of Crisis. In Order To Understand The Forces That Created Our Current Social World, We Need The Tools Provided By A Critical Sociology. This Volume Draws Upon The Work Of Contemporary Critical Sociologists Searching For The Roots Of Our Present Social And Economic Problems. Both Prominent Figures And Emerging Voices In Sociology Come Together To Offer Insights Into Our Present Dilemmas From A Critical Perspective. The Questions They Ask And Attempt To Answer Include: What Is Critical Sociology? What Is The Significance Of The New Obama Administration? What Tools Do Post-structuralism, Postmodernism, Feminism, And New Forms Of Social Theory Offer Critical Discourse?--jacket. What Is Critical Sociology? / Graham Cassano -- Reflections On The Sociology Liberation Movement Of 1968 / Robert J.s. Ross -- Scholarship From A Critical Perspective / David Fasenfest And Rhonda F. Levine -- A Left Weberian Road To Identity Politics In The United States / James W. Russell -- It's Real! Racism, Color Blindness, Obama, And The Urgent Need For Social Movement Politics / Eduardo Bonilla-silva And Victor Ray -- President Obama And Political Culture In The United States / Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr. -- Martin Luther King's Dream, Obama And Post Racial Society : Can We Yet Hope For A New Narrative? / Rodney D. Coates -- Why New Socialist Theory Needs Guy Debord : On The Practice Of Radical Philosophy / Richard Gilman-opalsky -- The Case For A Critical Sociology Of Religion / Warren S. Goldstein -- Moving From Attitudes To Behavior : Using Social Influence To Understand Interpersonal Racial Oppression / Chavella T. Pittman -- Teletechnology And Internal Dialogue / Gordon Gauchat And Casey Borch -- On Surveillance As A Solution To Security Issues / Vida Bajc -- The Political Economy Of School Violence In Trinidad : Towards A Caribbean Theory Of Youth Crime / Daphne Phillips. Edited By Graham Cassano & Richard A. Dello Buono. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. What is critical sociology? / Graham Cassano Reflections on the sociology liberation movement of 1968 / Robert J. S. Ross Scholarship from a critical perspective / David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine A left Weberian road to identity politics in the United States / Jim Russell It's real! : racism, color blindness, Obama, and the urgent need for social movement politics / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Victor Ray President Obama and political culture in the United States / Marco A. Gandasegui, Jr. Martin Luther King's dream, Obama, and post racial society : can we yet hope for a new narrative? / Rodney D. Coates Why new socialist theory needs Guy Debord : on the practice of radical philosophy / Richard Gilman-Opalsky The case for a critical sociology of religion / Warren S. Goldstein Moving from attitudes to behavior : using social influence to understand interpersonal racial oppression / Chavella T. Pittman Teletechnology and internal dialogue / Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch On surveillance as a solution to security issues / Vida Bajc The political economy of school violence in Trinidad : towards a Caribbean theory of youth crime / Daphne Phillips.