Science and the Decolonization of Social Theory

Unthinking Modernity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book frees these concepts from ethnocentrism and discloses a path toward a new, non-Eurocentric, global social theory. This ground-breaking work challenges social theoriststo think globally beyond modernity, bringing together social theory and science in an unprecedented way.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:486 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137516855

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Gennaro Ascione is a researcher in social theory, history of ideas and the epistemology of social sciences at the University of Naples l’Orientale, Italy. He is an associate researcher at the Centre for Social Theory at the University of Warwick, UK, the Centre for Arts and Science, Santa Monica at University of Barcelona, Spain, and the Institute for Research on Indian and International Studies at Delhi University, India. He is a member of the British International Studies Association Colonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial Working Group.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Epistemological Ritual of Modernity.- Chapter 1. The Scientific Revolution and the Dilemmas of Ethnocentrism.- Chapter 2. The Indissoluble Nexus between Modernity and Eurocentrism.- Chapter 3. Secularization as Ideology.- Chapter 4. Emancipation as Governamentality.- Chapter 5. The Predicament of the 'Global'.- Chapter 6. 'Degenerative' Capitalism.- Conclusion. The Future of Social Theory.- Appendix. Glosses on Method.