Social Thought and Research, Volume 25, Number 1&2 (2002)
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Finding Fairness in U.S. Family Law
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)Family law s visions of justice within the family regarding familial property are explored in terms of communal, equalitarian and equitable principles. Communal principles emphasize the family unit and implicitly assumes ... -
Are We To Be Forever Trapped Between the Two? The Internet, Modernity, and Postmodernity in the Early 21st Century
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)Social theory has traditionally argued that the modern and the postmodern are chronologically ordered (that is, the postmodern comes after the modern) and mutually exclusive. I find, however, that contemporary American ... -
Social Thought and Research, Volume 25, Number 1&2 (2002): Front Matter
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John Rawls and Jean-Françios Lyotard on Pluralism: Themes of Convergence and Divergence
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)The subject of this article is pluralism as spelled out in the social theories of John Rawls of the USA and Jean Lyotard of France. Despite their differing perspectives, these prominent social thinkers of our time share ... -
The Construction of National(ist) Subject: Applying the Ideals of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault to Nationalism
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)The article proposes a theoretical approach that analyzes nationalist ideologies as forces creating unique subjectivities. Such a perspective develops from combining Louis Althusser s ideas about ideology and Ideological ... -
Theorizing September 11: Social Theory, History, and Globalization
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Hot Topics: Globalization and Climate Change
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)Considering climate change and globalization together as a research topic can illuminate the structures and processes of both. Globalization and climate change theories can be categorized as economic, political, and cultural ... -
In Search of Civic Virtue : On the Use of the Founders in Political Discourse
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)This essay examines three competing interpretations of the Founding Fathers that were made in the contested political climate of the 1980s. The first is Marc Plattner s neoclassical economic interpretation that stresses ... -
The Globalization of Nothing
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2002-04-01)In this essay, we will argue that we are witnessing the globalization of nothing. Note that we are not arguing that globalization is nothing; indeed it is clear that the process is of enormous significance. Rather, the ...