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Speaking `Truth' to All Forms of Power

Reflections on the Role of the Public Sociologist in South Africa

University of Johannesburg, ahabib{at}uj.ac.za

The political and socioeconomic transformations across the globe in the last two decades make it necessary for public sociologists to bring their collective accumulated knowledge and methodological skills to an engagement with subalterns on the political strategy appropriate to this historical epoch. They must recognize that subaltern groups have insights into their subjugation, and solutions to transcend it. Public sociologists must deploy their skills in an inclusive way to engage the issue of political strategy: how to subvert power in favour of the agendas of subaltern groups.

Key Words: engagement • power • subaltern groups • subversion • truth

Current Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 3, 389-398 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107088232


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