Hvordan analysere sociale differentieringer?

The current Danish reception of the concept of intersectionality has largely been of a poststructuralist bend. However, the history of the concept is not necessarily as tightly related to poststructuralist theory as often assumed. Although the contributions produced by this reception must be recognised, the poststructuralist version of intersectionality is problematic from a specific sociological position. When social categories are presented as something people do, the reality of social differentiation is downplayed. Poststructuralist thinking rests on an inadequate conception of the material, as this form of thought tends to theorize this as another type of discourse or as a consequence of discourse. It furthermore tends to homogenise the logics underlying different forms of social differentiation. These points are illustrated by the works of Bourgeois and Wacquant where socio-cultural interpretations are transformed by changes on a material level

Intersectionality as embodiment

Intersectionality as embodiment. This article explores intersectionality as embodiment, arguing that by taking embodiment into account broader possibilities of intersectional analysis can be unfolded. Inspired by phenomenological theories of embodied experience and the mimetic faculty, the article suggests that intersectionality can be understood as embodied experience. Following this thinking embodiment is radically conditioned as well as a site of agency. This has implications for the understanding of structures, agency as well as their interrelation

Intersectionality as embodiment

Intersectionality as embodiment. This article explores intersectionality as embodiment, arguing that by taking embodiment into account broader possibilities of intersectional analysis can be unfolded. Inspired by phenomenological theories of embodied experience and the mimetic faculty, the article suggests that intersectionality can be understood as embodied experience. Following this thinking embodiment is radically conditioned as well as a site of agency. This has implications for the understanding of structures, agency as well as their interrelation