Can there be a truly systematic and comprehensive theory of race

Bibliographic Data

ID2147334
AuthorsMiri Song (University of Kent, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume39
Issue13
Pages2303-2308
Publication date2016-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1202425
OpenAlexW2468804094
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

In this ambitious new book, Mustafa Emirbayer and Matthew Desmond contend that there has never been a truly comprehensive and systematic theory of race. They go on to argue that 'Much of our best work no longer tells us how to understand or reconstruct racial dynamics but simply gives us concrete proof of their continuing significance' (3). To what extent does The Racial Order theoretically advance existing theorizing of race? An important contribution - and a central plank in the book - is the way in which a wide variety of cultural and social phenomena is discussed and interwoven into the analysis. The authors draw most heavily on Bourdieu, Dewey, and Durkheim, in their elaboration of the racial order

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