Science and the Decolonization of Social Theory

Unthinking Modernity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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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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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-22
Mått148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt486 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137516855

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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.

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.