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Decolonizing European sociology, transdisciplinary approaches, edited by Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez, Manuela Boatca, Sergio Costa

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Decolonizing European sociology

electronic resource

bibliography

edited by Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez, Manuela Boatca, Sergio Costa

Global connections

transdisciplinary approaches

Divided into sections organized around key sociological themes, including modernity, multiculturalism, migration and 'the South', this book considers the self-definition and basic concepts of sociology, assessing whether new theoretical developments can be described as decolonization of the discipline., 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