Sociological paradigms vis-Ã -vis sex categories: What renewed paradigms are needed for the epistemology of work?
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Helena Hirata
Danièle Kergoat
Abstract
This text reviews the theoretical ruptures with the French tradition of sociology of work that is centered on the figure of the male industrial worker. Two types of ruptures are analyzed: a rupture prompted by the introduction of sex categories and a rupture triggered by the theoretical introduction of social sex or gender relations, or even of social relations (mediated by sex). The periodization and the examination of the epistemological consequences of these ruptures will enable the identification of the real place and the scope of this sexualization of the object of the sociology of work, its heuristic value in the analysis of work, its role in the renewal of the paradigms that dominate the field of study of work and its alternative developments. Based on a series of concrete examples, the text will show the contributions made by studies that introduce a gender perspective, to finally point out some national differences in the way in which the sociology of work incorporates social relations between the sexes.
How to Cite
Hirata, H., & Kergoat, D. (2012). Sociological paradigms vis-Ã -vis sex categories: What renewed paradigms are needed for the epistemology of work?. Papeles De Identidad, (17). https://doi.org/10.1387/pceic.12127
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Keywords
sociology of work, epistemology, gender, work (concept of)
Section
Research Articles
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