Decolonizing European Sociology: Transdisciplinary Approaches (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754678724)

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.

Author: Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez,Manuela Boatcă,Sérgio Costa
ISBN-10: 0754678725
ISBN-13: 9780754678724
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2010
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 123