Abstract
This commentary argues that intellectual fragmentation is not only bad for the study of poverty, prejudice and penalty; it is bad for the problems themselves. Considering new objects of analysis for research on inequality - that is, critically reconsidering what it is that we should be studying in the first place - is proposed as a viable preventative to academic parochialism and overspecialization.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1761-1766 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Sociology and Political Science
Keywords
- overspecialization
- philosophy of science
- poverty
- punishment
- racial inequality
- social suffering