Oppression and Resistance: A Structure-and-Agency Perspective

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.

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