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The Sociology of Micro‐politics: An Examination of a Neglected Field of Political Action in the Middle East and Beyond
Author(s) -
Goldfarb Jeffrey C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00161.x
Subject(s) - politics , sociology , palestine , michel foucault , field (mathematics) , action (physics) , political action , order (exchange) , george (robot) , epistemology , everyday life , law , philosophy , history , political science , art history , ancient history , physics , mathematics , finance , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , economics
In this paper, the political dimensions of the social interactions of everyday life are investigated. The perspectives of Michel Foucault and Michel de Certeau, George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman, are applied. A close analysis of micro‐politics in Israel–Palestine and the Sinai is used to reveal the independent significance of micro‐politics, as it is shown that such politics constitute the prevailing order of things, but also present the possibility of escaping, subverting, criticizing and transforming that order.