Social Sciences for an Other Politics : Women Theorizing Without Parachutes / edited by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein.

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Social Sciences for an Other Politics : Women Theorizing Without Parachutes / edited by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein.

9783319477763
3319477765
3319477757
9783319477756

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages)

10.1007/978-3-319-47776-3 doi

HQ1190 .S63 2016

305.4201

This book opens up a unique intellectual space where eleven female scholar-activists explore alternative forms of theorising social reality. These'Women on the Verge' demonstrate that a new radical subject- 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.

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