Decolonizing European Sociology (global Connections)
by Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez /
2010 / English / PDF
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"Decolonizing European Sociology" builds on the work challenging
the androcentric, colonial and ethnocentric perspectives eminent in
mainstream European sociology by identifying and describing the
processes at work in its current critical transformation. Divided
into sections organized around themes like modernity, border
epistemology, migration and 'the South', this book considers the
self-definition and basic concepts of social sciences through an
assessment of the new theoretical developments, such as
postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, and whether they can be
described as the decolonization of the discipline. With
contributions from a truly international team of leading social
scientists, this volume constitutes a unique and tightly focused
exploration of the challenges presented by the decolonization of
the discipline of sociology.
"Decolonizing European Sociology" builds on the work challenging
the androcentric, colonial and ethnocentric perspectives eminent in
mainstream European sociology by identifying and describing the
processes at work in its current critical transformation. Divided
into sections organized around themes like modernity, border
epistemology, migration and 'the South', this book considers the
self-definition and basic concepts of social sciences through an
assessment of the new theoretical developments, such as
postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, and whether they can be
described as the decolonization of the discipline. With
contributions from a truly international team of leading social
scientists, this volume constitutes a unique and tightly focused
exploration of the challenges presented by the decolonization of
the discipline of sociology.
