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Subject: Re: Areas of interest/prestige

This in itself doesn't make sociology any less prestigious or otherwise, does 
it! Let those social theorist think what they like. They are not the ones who 
make sociology what it is!

>As a result, when I've spoken with some prominent social theorists outside of 
>sociology, they have been uniformly very dismissive of the discipline. 
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Doug Aoki
Department of Anthropology and Sociology 
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
CANADA
          
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