Making Societies : The Historical Construction of Our World

Illustrations: Figures and Table ix About the Author and Publisher xi Foreword xiii Preface xv Constructing Historical Reality 1(29) What Is Intelligence and Why Does It Matter? 2(3) The Social Construction of Reality 5(13) The Process of Social Construction 18(4) Dominant Institutions and Power 22(2) Intersections 24(4) Conclusion 28(2) Time 30(18) Linear and Cyclical Time 30(2) The History of Time 32(13) Time as Quantity and Commodity 45(1) Conclusion 46(2) Space (coauthored with Patricia Ahmed) 48(26) Space as a Thing 49(1) The Earliest Known Conceptions of Space 50(1) Non-Anglo-European Conceptions of Space 51(4) Early Anglo-European Conceptions of Space 55(6) Toward a Contemporary Anglo-European Understanding of Space 61(8) Intersections 69(3) Conclusion 72(2) Race 74(36) The Paradox of Race 75(1) What Is Race? 76(5) Preracial Categories 81(3) From Preracial to Racial Categories 84(12) Whiteness 96(5) Reflexivity 101(3) Intersections 104(4) Conclusion 108(2) Gender 110(46) Is Anatomy Destiny? 111(1) Sex and Gender 112(1) The Logic of the Category 113(3) The History of Bodies 116(3) Changing Gender in Anglo-European Society 119(9) Masculinity 128(12) Homosexual and Homosocial Relations 140(3) Intersections 143(9) Conclusion 152(4) Class 156(29) The Meaning of Class 157(7) The Origins of Class-Based Societies 164(3) Feudalism 167(3) Capitalism 170(2) Property 172(4) Cultural Boundaries 176(7) Conclusion 183(2) Intersections Small and Large 185(16) The Home 185(4) Cities 189(3) Nation 192(5) Conclusion 197(4) References 201(10) Glossary/Index 211