Oppression and Resistance: A Structure-and-Agency Perspective
ISBN: 978-1-78743-168-3, eISBN: 978-1-78743-167-6
Publication date: 21 August 2017
Abstract
This study addresses resistance and its potential to achieve social justice. Discussion of oppression begins the essay, clarifying the concepts of structure, agency, and the interaction between the two. Next, class exploitation, white supremacy, male supremacy, and epistemological imperialism illustrate forms of oppression. Epistemological emancipation and resistance elucidate agency. A conclusion summarizes the argument that a structure-and-agency perspective best conceptualizes forms of oppression and resistance.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment
Profound gratitude goes to Jill Taft-Kaufman whose thorough critique improved the style and substance of this essay.
Citation
Musolf, G.R. (2017), "Oppression and Resistance: A Structure-and-Agency Perspective", Oppression and Resistance (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 48), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620170000048001
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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