As sociology instructors and profs, we are simply providing students with a wide range of perspectives through which to understand our social world. The fact that they are most drawn to theories on power relations is telling of the times of inequity we are living through.

I teach the full spectrum of theories and theorists, and while I’m only halfway through my grading right now, nearly all of them expressed having the most interest in Marx, feminist theories, and critical race theories.

So, why would we expect social theory today to be anything but a reflection of the social changes we are living through?

Sociological theory has evolved to be as critical as it currently is because critical theory is highly relevant to the challenges we are living through today as a society. 2/2