School of Social and Political Science

Description

About the talk:

This talk presents a new approach to theorizing and empirically investigating a phenomenon variously described by sociologists as internalized oppression or symbolic violence. Located at the intersection of internal worlds and external reality, the intrapsychic and the interpersonal and social, this object of inquiry—which I term self-negation—is crucial to many forms of societal domination. The talk explores its inner workings, analytically disaggregating it into an array of psychosocial processes drawn from the psychoanalytic theory of the defenses. Much of the study's originality consists in showing how these processes operate across multiple systems of domination and drive many and varied outward manifestations of the phenomenon.

About the speaker:

Mustafa Emirbayer is the John Dewey Professor of Sociology and Social Thought at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on sociological theory, the sociology of race and ethnicity, civil society and the public sphere, and, most recently, psychoanalysis and sociology.

About the series:

The Sociology Speaker Series presents the latest research by academic staff members and distinguished guests from across the United Kingdom and beyond. We normally meet on Wednesdays during the semester. Registration is free and open to all University of Edinburgh students and staff. Organised by Dr Lisa McCormick (lisa.mccormick@ed.ac.uk).

Presented by the Sociology Speaker Series. This event is hybrid. Select the ticket type "Attending on Zoom" to receive a link to join remotely.