Engaging Subjective Knowledge
How Amar Singh's Diary Narratives of and by the Self Explain Identity Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6322835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lloyd I Rudolph (University of Chicago), Susanne Hoeber Rudolph (University of Chicago) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 681-694 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s153759270300046x |
| OpenAlex | W1970076249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
What should count as knowledge in political science? We have tried here to show that subjectivity is valid and useful, that firstperson accounts of experience—‘telling what I know,” narratives of and by the self, partial and contingent truths, and self-asother ethnography—contribute to knowledge. The move to subjective knowledge does not require the abandonment of objectivity. Self-consciousness and reflexivity simply make it possible to render the familiar unfamiliar, to gain a certain detachment, to achieve “objective subjectivity.” Subjective knowledge helps to explain identity and category formation and the politics of recognition. Accessibility to the politics of those taken to be outside the public sphere, those whose behavior is not easily observed or counted by objective political science—colonized persons, subalterns, and marginalized minorities—depends on their ability to articulate their identities, purposes, and interests. Such forms of identity politics have become of increasing interest to political scientists concerned with subaltern agency, multiculturalism, and ethnic conflict and peace
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Epistemology · Identity (music · Identity politics · Multiculturalism · Narrative · Objectivity (philosophy · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Reflexivity · Self · Self-knowledge · Social science · Sociology · Subaltern · Subjectivity · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Personal Knowledge
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Introduction
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After the Fact
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |