SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Queer Theory
Document Summary
Post-structuralism: an extension and critique of structuralism, especially as used in critical. Grand narratives: role of function or purpose of different institutions and processes: each of these theoretical approaches have something to say, answer or series of questions that applies to it all, all encompassing explanations. Rejects universalism and essentialism by challenging the idea of fixed structures and meanings. Rejects the notion that ideas, individuals, groups, institutions, and practices have a core, stable, true essence that defines them for all time and all places. Moves away from seeking universal social laws, focus instead on how categories come into being and come to be seen the way they are. Key figure : michel foucault & pierre bourdieu. Major associated strands: critical race theory, post colonial theory, queer theory, and many others: what does race mean, what does class mean, what does gender mean.
