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Travelling theory

Around social thinkers from the South, who have not made it into the conventional sociological tradition, Connell proposes to build an alternative social science.

By Michael Burawoy
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Pierre Bourdieu, painted portrait.
Pierre Bourdieu, painted portrait.

Pierre Bourdieu, painted portrait. Flickr/ thierry ehrmann. Some rights reserved.

In her Southern Theory Raewyn Connell problematizes the canonical works of metropolitan theory – from the so-called classics of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to the contemporary theories of James Coleman, Anthony Giddens, and Pierre Bourdieu.

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