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A sociological phenomenon afflicts sociology itself: academics think of themselves as the vanguard of the working class despite the fact that they are not working class, as the noble willingness to side with the oppressed contrasts scholarsâ reliance on authority to bolster their politics.

While there are no simple solutions to this contradiction, a necessary beginning is for sociologists (and other academics) to acknowledge the reality of their own class privilege as members of the professional-managerial class. The Sociological Predicament is then a conscious and deliberate work of professional self-loathing that traces the evolution of ideologies found in academia from the mid-twentieth century to today, which demonstrates the ways in which biases around class have given short shrift to the concerns of working-class Americans in deindustrialized cities and towns that have ultimately turned away and then against them.

Intellectuals have not historically been on

The Sociological Predicament

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/17/2025
      ISBN13: 9781032945958, 978-1032945958
      ISBN10: 1032945958
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A sociological phenomenon afflicts sociology itself: academics think of themselves as the vanguard of the working class despite the fact that they are not working class, as the noble willingness to side with the oppressed contrasts scholarsâ reliance on authority to bolster their politics.

      While there are no simple solutions to this contradiction, a necessary beginning is for sociologists (and other academics) to acknowledge the reality of their own class privilege as members of the professional-managerial class. The Sociological Predicament is then a conscious and deliberate work of professional self-loathing that traces the evolution of ideologies found in academia from the mid-twentieth century to today, which demonstrates the ways in which biases around class have given short shrift to the concerns of working-class Americans in deindustrialized cities and towns that have ultimately turned away and then against them.

      Intellectuals have not historically been on

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