Sociology and empire : the imperial entanglements of a discipline / George Steinmetz, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinmetz, George, 1957-

Series:

Politics, history, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

xvi, 610 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The revelation that the U.S. Department of Defense had hired anthropologists for its Human Terrain System project-assisting its operations in Afghanistan and Iraq-caused an uproar that, has obscured the participation of sociologists in similar Pentagon-funded projects. As the contributors to Sociology and Empire show, such affiliations are not new. Sociologists have been active as advisers, theorists, and analysts of Western imperialism for more than a century. The collection has a threefold agenda: to trace an intellectual history of sociology as it pertains to empire; to offer empirical studies based around colonies and empires, both past and present; and to provide a theoretical basis for future sociological analyses that may take empire more fully into account. In the 1940s, the British Colonial Office began employing sociologists in its African colonies. In Nazi Germany, sociologists played a leading role in organizing the occupation of Eastern Europe. In the United States, sociology contributed to modernization theory, which served as an informal blueprint for the postwar American empire. This comprehensive anthology critiques sociology's disciplinary engagement with colonialism in varied settings while also highlighting the lasting contributions that sociologists have made to the theory and history of imperialism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface / by George Steinmetz, ed

Major contributions to sociological theory and research on empire, 1830s-present / George Steinmetz

Russian sociology in imperial context / Alexander Semyonov, Marina Mogilner, and Ilya Gerasimov

Sociology's imperial unconscious : the emergence of American sociology in the context of empire / Julian Go

Empire for the poor : colonial dreams and the quest for an Italian sociology, 1870s-1950s / Marco Santoro

German sociology and empire : from internal colonization to overseas colonization and back again / Andrew Zimmerman

The Durkheimian school and colonialism : exploring the constitutive paradox / Fuyuki Kurasawa

The recent intensification of American economic and military imperialism : are they connected? / Michael Mann

The empire's new laws : terrorism and the new security empire after 9/11 / Kim Scheppele

Empires and nations : convergence or divergence? / Krishan Kumar

The new surgical imperialism: china, africa, and oil / Albert Bergesen

Nation and empire in the french context / Emmanuelle Saada

Empire and developmentalism in colonial India / Chandan Gowda

Building the cities of empire : urban planning in the colonial cities of Italy's fascist empire / Besnik Pula

Japanese colonial structure in Korea in comparative perspective / Ou-Byung Chae

Native policy and colonial state formation in Pondicherry (India) and Vietnam : recasting ethnic relations, 1870s-1920s / Anne Raffin

The constitution of state/space and the limits of "autonomy" in South Africa and Palestine/Israel / Andy Clarno

Resistance and the contradictory rationalities of state formation in British Malaya and the American Philippines / Daniel PS Goh

Conclusion: understanding empire / by Raewyn Connell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822352587

0822352583

9780822352792

0822352796

OCLC:

809028608