The Grievance Studies Affair; One Funeral at a Time
A Reply to Pluckrose, Lindsay, and Boghossian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11610717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoff G Cole (0000-0002-9745-3916, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1937-1945 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00491241211009949 |
| OpenAlex | W3159559379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
In 2018, Lindsay, Boghossian, and Pluckrose published four “hoax” articles within a number of disciplines that rely on critical theory (e.g., gender studies, feminism). When revealing the project, the authors argued that they wanted to expose these fields as being primarily motivated by ideology and social justice rather than knowledge generation. Their method tested the hypothesis that editors and reviewers will support papers that advocate “ludicrous” ideas including “fat bodybuilding.” In the pages of this journal, I presented a critique of their procedure, and the authors have provided a commentary on my article. After discussing the issue of whether their project was a hoax or not, I will argue that the crux of the matter is whether the papers were ludicrous/absurd. I will show how the authors made a fundamental error in their method; they failed to assess whether their ideas were indeed ludicrous/absurd
Economic Justice · Epistemology · Feminism · Grievance · Hoax · Ideology · Political science · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |