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The application of Critical Theory to sociology itself—examining how sociological knowledge is produced, how it can serve power, and how it might be transformed. Critical Theory of Sociology asks: Who gets to define sociological problems? Whose perspectives are centered? How has sociology been complicit in colonialism, racism, and class domination? How might sociology serve struggles for justice? Drawing on the sociological tradition from Marx to Bourdieu to contemporary critical sociology, it insists that sociology is never just description—it's always intervention, always political. Understanding society requires understanding the politics of studying society.
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