A Sociological Breakthrough, not a Sociological Guilt Trip

Abstract

This essay critically examines Raewyn Connell’s Southern Theory. Limitations of the work include a tendency to overgeneralize about “Northern Theory” and to leave some claims about the power of “Southern Theory” unsubstantiated. Southern Theory’s most important contributions include its insights into the problematic tendencies and patterns of knowledge production in the Global North and its insistent plea to make social theory more dialogic.

Citation

Emirbayer, M. (2013), "A Sociological Breakthrough, not a Sociological Guilt Trip", Decentering Social Theory (Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0198-8719(2013)0000025011