Making Societies

The Historical Construction of Our World

Bibliographic Data

ID19920265
AuthorsWilliam G Roy (0009-0000-1476-3373, corresponding author), William Roy
Year2001
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMaking Societies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4135/9781483345512
OpenAlexW2054718161
ISBN9781483345512
Open LibraryOL18332394M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Illustrations: Figures and Table About the Author and Publisher Foreword Preface 1. Constructing Historical Reality What Is Intelligence and Why Does It Matter? The Social Construction of Reality The Process of Social Construction Dominant Institutions and Power Intersections Conclusion 2. Time Linear and Cyclical Time The History of Time Time as Quantity and Commodity Conclusion 3. Space (coauthored with Patricia Ahmed) Space as a Thing The Earliest Known Conceptions of Space Non-Anglo-European Conceptions of Space Early Anglo-European Conceptions of Space Toward a Contemporary Anglo-European Understanding of Space Intersections Conclusion 4. Race The Paradox of Race What Is Race? Preracial Categories From Preracial to Racial Categories Whiteness Reflexivity Intersections Conclusion 5. Gender Is Anatomy Destiny? Sex and Gender The Logic of the Category The History of Bodies Changing Gender in Anglo-European Society Masculinity Homosexual and Homosocial Relations Intersections Conclusion 6. Class The Meaning of Class The Origins of Class-Based Societies Feudalism Capitalism Property Cultural Boundaries Conclusion 7. Intersections Small and Large The Home Cities Nation Conclusion References Glossary/Index

Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Social classes · Social groups · Sociology of Knowledge · Space and time

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