Speaking 'truth' to all forms of power: Reflections on the role of the public sociologist in South Africa

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Habib, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Engagement; Power; Subaltern groups; Subversion; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749106251     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107088232     Document Type: Article

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