Writing power radically rethinks the place of the canon and canonicity as objects and concepts in contemporary academia and the everyday intellectual practices of academics. It is distinctive in its demonstration of how academics' engagements with canons shape their writing practices but also how scholars' writing practices, spaces, proclivities, and desires shape the canon and changing ideas of value in canonicity. The book thinks through frequently discussed problems of legitimacy and knowledge production from fresh perspectives of lived experience and the everyday to offer new insights into the politics of knowledge in contemporary social sciences.
By:
Saorfhlaith Victoria Alexandra Burton
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9781526169327
ISBN 10: 1526169320
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 07 January 2026
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
General/trade
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: What’s writing got to do with it? How academics make knowledge and why it matters 1 The origin story of the British sociological canon: here, there, and now 2 ‘The kind of thing you see on Morse’: intellectuals, aesthetics, and academic writing in popular culture 3 Legitimacy, value, and the craft of writing: how do scholars write? 4 Affective relations and the ‘ideal other’: cultural capital, cosmopolitanism, and writing 5 Materiality and mood: finding legitimation in our spaces of writing 6 Becoming and belonging: writing as a process of legitimation 7 Geographies of knowledge: across space and place in sociology 8 How do you solve a problem like the mainstream? Conclusion: Reflections on sociological knowledge: power, performances, and futures Appendix A: Participants Appendix B: Research Excellence Framework Bibliography Index -- .
Saorfhlaith Victoria Alexandra Burton is Lecturer in Criminology at Robert Gordon University
