• Taming all Challengers: Academically and Philosophically Situating Anarchist Sociology in North America

    Author(s):
    Dana Williams (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Group(s):
    Sociology
    Subject(s):
    Anarchism, Anarchists, Sociology, Universities and colleges--Curricula, Education, Higher, Marxian school of sociology, Feminist theory
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Anarchist Epistemology, Anarchist Theory, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Knowledge
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/9s9j-kd65
    Abstract:
    Anarchism’s formal influence upon the discipline of sociology has been negligible. To understand why, this paper begins by considering the impact of two other movements – Marxism and feminism – within sociology. Notably, the nature of academia and scholarly disciplines, anarchism’s shortcomings, and the deliberate exclusion of anarchist voices all appear to have likely influenced anarchism’s limited presence in sociology. There have been numerous other ideological sub-variants and traditions – including applied, critical, humanist, liberation, and public sociologies – that have grown within the discipline. Each of these is analysed for their compatibility with anarchism. Finally, due to the lack of an already-existing anarchist-sociology tradition, the broad outlines of such an orientation and praxis are sketched-out, paying attention to issues of scope, purpose, and practice.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.3898/AS.30.1.02
    Publisher:
    Lawrence and Wishart
    Pub. Date:
    2022-3-18
    Journal:
    Anarchist Studies
    Volume:
    31
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    30 - 57
    ISSN:
    2633-8270
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 months ago
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