Cox, Laurence (2014) Movements making knowledge: a new wave of inspiration for sociology? Sociology, 48 (5). pp. 954-971. ISSN 0038-0385

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Abstract

Sociology’s marginality to public discussion of the crisis stems partly from naïveté about the sociology of its own knowledge, in particular about its interlocutors’ interests. Historically, sociology has repeatedly re-established its intellectual relevance through its dialogue with movements for social change; this article argues that another such dialogue is overdue. Starting from existing discussions of social movements and their knowledge production, the article focuses on the organisational dimension of such knowledge and explores how this is elaborated in the current movement wave. Looking at movement spaces of theoretical analysis, new popular education processes and movements’ knowledge creation institutions, the article highlights potential contributions to renewing sociological processes of theorising, teaching and engaged research respectively, paying particular attention to movement practices of ‘talking between worlds’. It concludes with a call for a dialogue of critical solidarity between public sociology and new forms of social knowledge production.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	engaged research; learning and knowledge production; popular education; public sociology; social movements; sociology of knowledge;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	5499
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514539063
Depositing User:	Dr. Laurence Cox
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2014 09:18
Journal or Publication Title:	Sociology
Publisher:	SAGE
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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