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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779599203321

Titolo

Postcolonial sociology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Julian Go

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley [England], : Emerald, 2013

ISBN

1-78190-604-1

1-299-15966-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

GoJulian <1970->

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Political Science - Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

Political Science - General

Social Science - General

Sociology

Colonialism & imperialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.