Rethinking modernity : postcolonialism and the sociological imagination /

Rethinking Modernity presents a fundamental reconstruction of the idea of modernity in contemporary sociology and social theory. It criticizes the abstraction of European modernity from its colonial context as well as the way in which the experiences of non-Western 'others' are regarded as...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bhambra, Gurminder K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2007.
Temas:
Sociology.
Postcolonialism.
Sociologie.
Postcolonialisme.
sociology.
postcolonialism.
Social & cultural history.
Social theory.
Cultural studies.
History: theory & methods.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
History.
Postcolonialism
Sociology
Postkolonialismus
Soziologie
Moderniteit.
Postkolonialisme.
Sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Socialezekerheidsrecht.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Postcolonialism, Sociology, and the Politics of Knowledge Production
  • PART 1: SOCIOLOGY AND ITS HISTORIOGRAPHY
  • Modernity, Colonialism and the Postcolonial Critique
  • European Modernity and the Sociological Imagination
  • From Modernization to Multiple Modernities: Eurocentrism Redux
  • PART 2: DECONSTRUCTING EUROCENTRISM: CONNECTED HISTORIES
  • The Renaissance and Myths of European Cultural Integrity
  • The French Revolution and Myths of the Modern Nation-State
  • The Industrial Revolution and Myths of Industrial Capitalism
  • Conclusion: Sociology and Social Theory After Postcolonialism: Toward A Connected Historiography.

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