Rethinking Modernity

Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination

G. Bhambra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2007
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-22715-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Arguing for the idea of connected histories, Bhambra presents a fundamental reconstruction of the idea of modernity in contemporary sociology. She criticizes the abstraction of European modernity from its colonial context and the way non-Western "others" are disregarded. It aims to establish a dialogue in which "others" can speak and be heard.

Autor

Gurminder K Bhambra is Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 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 References Index

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 200 p.
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 317 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-230-22715-5 / 0230227155
• ISBN-13: 978-0-230-22715-6 / 9780230227156
• Zustand: Neuware