A Commentary on Aguirre

Taking Narrative Seriously

Bibliographic Data

ID11624930
AuthorsAbby L Ferber (University of Colorado Colorado Springs, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume43
Issue2
Pages341-349
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1389800
OpenAlexW2326790614
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

I explore the incorporation of the narrative approach in sociology, the role of sociologist as narrator, and why this approach is unsettling to traditional sociology, where tension exists between the postmodern implications of a narrative approach and our empiricist assumptions. A narrative approach represents an epistemological shift and should force us to interrogate the crucial role played by narrative in the construction of reality. Affirmative action provides a perfect example, as sociologists actively define and construct what constitutes affirmative action through narrative. I argue that taking narratives seriously is key to confronting anti—affirmative action narratives and denaturalizing white privilege

Action (physics · Aesthetics · Affirmative action · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative criticism · Narrative inquiry · Narrative network · Political science · Postmodernism · Privilege (computing · Sociology · White (mutation · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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