Utilizing Murray S. Davis’ articles That’s Interesting and That’s Classic, who claims that “successful theories thrive on ambiguity and incompleteness” (Davis 69), Davis uses his four characteristics of a successful theory to frame intersectional thought. These four features of successful social theory being the theory speaks to a primary audience, provides a novel twist to an old problem, it must appeal to a broad academic audience- bridging the gap between theorists and specialists, and last but not least, is y ambiguous and incomplete. (Davis 70-76) This leads Davis’ to argue that intersectionality’s strength lies in its perceived weakness; that ambiguity is crucial for doing
Utilizing Murray S. Davis’ articles That’s Interesting and That’s Classic, who claims that “successful theories thrive on ambiguity and incompleteness” (Davis 69), Davis uses his four characteristics of a successful theory to frame intersectional thought. These four features of successful social theory being the theory speaks to a primary audience, provides a novel twist to an old problem, it must appeal to a broad academic audience- bridging the gap between theorists and specialists, and last but not least, is y ambiguous and incomplete. (Davis 70-76) This leads Davis’ to argue that intersectionality’s strength lies in its perceived weakness; that ambiguity is crucial for doing