Anthropology, Sociology, and Other Dubious Disciplines

SIDNEY W . MINTZ LECTURE FOR 2002 Anthropology , Sociology , and Other Dubious Disciplines

The social construction of the disciplines as intellectual arenas that was made in the 19th century has outlived its usefulness and is today a major obstacle to serious intellectual work. Although the institutional framework of the disciplines remains strong, there are cracks in the structures of knowledge that make them less solid than most participants imagine. If the social sciences are to p...

Anthropology and Sociology

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Teamwork across disciplines: Durkheimian sociology and the study of nations

Feminist Anthropology and Sociology: Issues for Social Science

There are a variety of ways that one could examine feminist contributions to anthropology and sociology within the context of a handbook on philosophy of science. The first and most obvious is to simply catalogue the various contributions that feminism has made to each of these disciplines, in part through the increasing presence of women in these fields. Sandra Harding refers to this approach ...