Response to Michael Buroway's Commentary: “The Critical Turn to Public Sociology”

Abstract

Rather than beginning with Michael Buroway's remarks, I'd like to use an insight from Chandra Mohanty, South Asian and US feminist activist intellectual. She evokes in her latest work, Feminism Without Boundaries the following significant observation:The very practice of remembering against the grain of "public" hegemonic history, of locating the silence and the struggle to assert knowledge that is outside the parameters of the dominant, suggests a rethinking of sociality itself. (2004:83) The argument for a critical sociology, a critically engaged public sociology is so generally rendered, as proposed by Buroway that I must take Mohanty seriously -standing back and deeply interrogating his perspective. For a moment we must remember against the grain -beginning with his rendering of sociological "left history" from those "days of rage." The (Re)membering of that HistoryIt is quite true that white male left was deeply located in a Marxism of the chair. The white men (and women) had not interrogated their own positionality, its deep enmeshing in a set of white supremacist tropes and privileges: patriarchal and class entangled. These unnamed positionalities still haunt any attempt to make sociology public, and indeed, untenable Critical Sociology, Volume 31, Issue 3 also available online

Qual sociologia pública?: uma visão a partir da periferia

“…Pode-se localizar também um conjunto de críticos à esquerda, que considera a proposta da sociologia pública (Acker, 2005;Brewer, 2005).…”

Why sociology does not need to be saved: Analytic reflections on public sociologies

“…Burawoy's friendly left critics also argue that his defense of a disciplinary consolidation for sociology misses the radical implications of interdisciplinary perspectives and visions (Acker, 2005;Aronowitz, 2005;Baiocchi, 2005;Braithwaite 2005;Brewer, 2005;Calhoun 2005;Ghamari-Tabrizi, 2005;Katz-Fishman and Scott, 2005;Urry, 2005). For example, to insist that sociology's focus is civil society, whereas the market is strictly the purview of economics, may reinforce the erroneous patriarchal idea of separate public and private spheres, perpetuating the invisibility of women's contribution to the economy through their reproductive labour (Acker, 2005).…”

Interseccionalidade e pensamento feminista: as contribuições históricas e os debates contemporâneos acerca do entrelaçamento de marcadores sociais da diferença

“…O manifesto postulava, em termos concisos: a) a experiência combinada de entrelaçamento de opressões por sexo, raça, classe, sexualidade e a necessidade de desenvolvimento de uma análise e prática baseadas no fato de que as formas de opressão estão entrelaçadas; em Boston, entre 1973 e 1980, o qual defendia uma luta articulada não apenas contra a opressão sexual das mulheres, mas também contra outras formas de dominação e de desigualdades baseadas em racismos, heterossexismos e exploração por classe social (BASSEL, 2010;LEWIS, 2009;HULKO, 2009;VIVEROS VIGOYA, 2008;DAVIS, 2008;DENIS, 2008;BRAH, 2006BRAH, , 2007VERLOO, 2006;KNAPP, 2005;BREWER, 2005;BRAH E PHOENIX, 2004;ZERAI, 2000, etc. ) 11 .…”

“…Entre as que atribuem um papel de destaque em suas análises estão: Hulko, 2009;Viveros Vigoya, 2008;Davis, 2008;Denis, 2008;Brah, 2006Brah, , 2007Knapp, 2005;Brewer, 2005;Brah e Phoenix, 2004, etc. em 1832 por mulheres negras de Salem, Massachusetts, seguidas por sociedades similares estabelecidas por mulheres brancas de outros locais (BRAH, 2007, p. 249 Aquele homem lá diz que uma mulher precisa ser ajudada ao entrar em carruagens, e levantada sobre as valas, e ficar nos melhores lugares onde quer que vá. Ninguém me ajuda em lugar nenhum!…”