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<p>This paper contributes to the ‘theorizing’ turn in sociological theory pedagogy by arguing for conceptual arbitrage as a recurrent feature of theoretical innovation in sociology. I define and provide examples of three types of sociological conceptual arbitrage—<i>disciplinary</i> (lateral and vertical), <i>national</i>, and <i>historical</i>—and argue that the secondary literature on W. E. B. Du Bois’s intellectual development shows Du Bois to have employed strategies of disciplinary and national arbitrage in developing his theoretical treatments of race and double-consciousness as well as in establishing the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory. I argue that Du Bois’s strategies are shared by both classical-era and contemporary sociological theorists, and that graduate-level theory pedagogy would benefit from explicating how innovations in the history of the field have often originated outside of it.</p>

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Arbitrage in Sociological Theorizing: the case of W. E. B. Du Bois

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    2025年2月1日

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  • Gabe Ignatow

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This paper contributes to the ‘theorizing’ turn in sociological theory pedagogy by arguing for conceptual arbitrage as a recurrent feature of theoretical innovation in sociology. I define and provide examples of three types of sociological conceptual arbitrage—disciplinary (lateral and vertical), national, and historical—and argue that the secondary literature on W. E. B. Du Bois’s intellectual development shows Du Bois to have employed strategies of disciplinary and national arbitrage in developing his theoretical treatments of race and double-consciousness as well as in establishing the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory. I argue that Du Bois’s strategies are shared by both classical-era and contemporary sociological theorists, and that graduate-level theory pedagogy would benefit from explicating how innovations in the history of the field have often originated outside of it.