... there have been a number of attempts by academics to construct theories that put these people back at the center of their lives where they can be analy

... there have been a number of attempts by academics to construct theories that put these people back at the center of their lives where they can be analyzed/discussed... A lot of people take issue with this sort of framing though because it smells of postmodernism. This makes me sad - Why would someone take issue with "lets pretend these actual humans are actually human, and think about their lives in that context"?