{"product_id":"difference-troubles-queering-social-theory-and-sexual-politics-paperback-9780521599702","title":"Difference Troubles; Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics (Paperback) 9780521599702","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDifference Troubles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQueering Social Theory and Sexual Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 1997 book, Steven Seidman offers a wide-ranging and sophisticated discussion of social theory and sexual politics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Seidman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521599702, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 October 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.545 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDifference Troubles, first published in 1997, examines the implications for social theory and sexual politics of taking difference seriously. It explores the trouble difference makes not only for the social sciences, but also for the people - feminists, queer theorists, postmodernists - who champion difference. Seidman asks how social thinkers should conceptualize differences such as gender, race, and sexuality, without reducing them to an inferior status. This is a wide-ranging and sophisticated discussion of contemporary social theory and sexual politics, presented with Seidman's familiar imagination and clarity. In addition, it argues persuasively for a pragmatic approach to difference troubles in theory and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the contemporary reconfiguring of social theory and cultural politics\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Resisting Difference: The Malaise of the Human Sciences: 1. The political unconscious of the human sciences\u003cbr\u003e 2. The end of sociological theory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Relativizing sociology: the challenge of cultural studies\u003cbr\u003e 4. The refusal of sexual difference: queering sociology\u003cbr\u003e 5. Difference troubles: the flight of sociology from 'otherness'\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Between Identity and Difference: From Lesbian and Gay to Queer Theory: 6. Identity and politics in a 'postmodern' gay culture\u003cbr\u003e 7. Deconstructing queer theory or some difficulties in a theory and politics of difference\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Democratic Prospects: The Politics of Knowledge and Identity: 8. Transfiguring sexual identity: aids and the cultural politics of sexuality and homosexuality\u003cbr\u003e 9. From gay ethnicity to queer politics: the renewal of gay radicalism in the United States\u003cbr\u003e 10. Postmodern anxiety: the politics of epistemology\u003cbr\u003e 11. The politics of sexual difference in late twentieth century America\u003cbr\u003e 12. Difference and democracy: group recognition and the political cultures of the United States, Holland, and France\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue:  pragmatism, difference and a culture of strong democracy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e], Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gay%20\u0026amp;%20Lesbian%20studies%20%5BJFSK%5D%22\"\u003eJFSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Cultural studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cultural studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cultural%20studies%20%5BJFC%5D%22\"\u003eJFC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005029044504,"sku":"9780521599702","price":28.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521599702i_93c38de3-6a2c-41c0-9f88-88bde80c8cf3.jpg?v=1691370354","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/difference-troubles-queering-social-theory-and-sexual-politics-paperback-9780521599702","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}