CRMN 3850U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Turn, Identity Politics
8 Mar 2020
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What defines contemporary theory is open-ended and open for debate. But can list some basic qualities: way to the present. In terms of timing, it includes theory emerging from the 1960s and 1970s all the. It contains theories and perspectives that are influencing current work in. It engages and builds on classical ideas. It is influenced by recent social and economic changes and developments criminology. Rising crime rates through the 1970s and 1980s with a peak in the 1990s. Rise and influence of youth cultures (hippies, punks, goths) Activism and identity politics (feminism, the civil rights movement, black. Influenced by a broader cultural turn in academic debates and the influence of post-modernism. Persist and growing class inequalities (neo-marxism, critical perspectives) Theory is an explanation for the relationship between particular factors and forces. Theory is a lens that focuses our attention on particular things. There isn"t going to be just one theory to explain something.
