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Reproducing Inequality in Sociology
Author(s) -
Ray Victor E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12488
Subject(s) - sociology , reflexivity , discipline , inequality , social stratification , stratification (seeds) , epistemology , racism , social inequality , social science , positive economics , gender studies , economics , mathematics , seed dormancy , philosophy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology , mathematical analysis
This essay discusses some mechanisms reproducing inequality in the discipline of sociology. I argue that credit for communally produced ideas accrues to individual and that the discipline is governed by a kind of “racial contract” partially governing which ideas and individuals are included. As a discipline centrally concerned with inequality and stratification, I argue sociologists should employ greater reflexivity when thinking about how disciplinary practices reproduce structures we typically critique in other contexts.