NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY: RACE, GENDER AND THE CANON

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"New Directions in Social Theory offers a contribution to current debates on the history and development of sociology and the exclusion of certain theorists - either female, black, or both - from the mainstream of social theorizing. With biographical sketches bringing the dynamics behind the 'canon' to life, Kate Reed focuses on the omission of theorists on race and gender from important discussions on inequality. She also critically examines existing accounts of the history of the discipline, situating the development of social theory within a wider social and political context."--Jacket.