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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 118-127Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0735275117709046
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theory; nuance; models; fuck
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Nuance is not a virtue of good sociological theory. Although often demanded and superficially attractive, nuance inhibits the abstraction on which good theory depends. I describe three nuance traps common in sociology and show why they should be avoided on grounds of principle, aesthetics, and strategy. The argument is made without prejudice to the substantive heterogeneity of the discipline.
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