Postcolonial sociology / edited by Julian Go.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Go, Julian, 1970-

Series:

Political Power and Social Theory

Political power and social theory, 0198-8719 ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley [England] : Emerald, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Postcolonial theory has enjoyed wide influence in the humanities but for social science, and in particular sociology, its implications remain elusive. This special volume brings together leading sociologists to explore the concept of "postcolonial sociology," with brand new postcolonial readings of canonical thinkers like Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Robert Park. Chapters consider whether or not postcolonial theory is compatible with sociology; explore the relationship between knowledge and colonial power; and offer critical perspectives on the sociology of race and the implications of postcolonial theory for global sociology. They also unravel the complex entanglements of sociology, area studies, and postcolonial studies; give creative deployments of postcolonial concepts such as hybridity; and critical excavations of sociological thought in India and Mexico. In sodoing this volume is among the first to craft newsociologiesinformed by postcolonial criticism.

Contents:

Introduction : entangling postcoloniality and sociological thought / Julian Go

The colonial unconscious of classical sociology / Steven Seidman

'From the standpoint of Germanism' : a postcolonial critique of Weber's theory of race and ethnicity / Manuela Boatca

Common skies and divided horizons? : sociology, race, and postcolonial studies / Zine Magubane

Postcolonial critique : the necessity of sociology / Gregor McLennan

'Provincializing' sociology : the case of a premature postcolonial sociologist / Manu Goswami

Toward a postcolonial sociology in the work of Octavio Paz / Oliver Kozlarek

toward a postcolonial sociology : the view from Latin America / José H. Bortoluci, Robert S. Jansen

The violences of knowledge : Edward Said, sociology, and post-Orientalist reflexivity / Jeffrey Guhin, Jonathan Wyrtzen

Hybrid habitus : toward a post-colonial theory of practice / Claire Laurier Decoteau

The possibilities of, and for, global sociology : a postcolonial perspective / Gurminder K. Bhambra.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781781906040

1781906041

9781299159662

1299159664

OCLC:

828793324