The End of Theorists: The Relevance, Opportunities, and Pitfalls of Theorizing in Sociology Today
Year: 2020
Type: preprint
Abstract: I decided to make this talk about the current state oftheory and the theory field, rather than doing some sortof retrospective on something that I have already done,because this is a topic that is of crucial importance foranybody interested in the future of theory in Americansociology. This is also a topic that is especially relevantfor those same-generation consociates and youngergeneration successors who care to self-identify as“theory people.” This occasion, I think, presents itselfas the perfect opportunity to air out my own sense ofwhere things are at and where things are going. Thisforum also provides me with a chance to open up a lineof discussion with you – that is, the theory people sittingin the crowd...
Author: Omar Lizardo
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4254124244