Science and the Decolonization of Social Theory Unthinking Modernity /

Science and the Decolonization of Social Theory Unthinking Modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ascione, Gennaro (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XI, 256 p.
text
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Culture.
Science > History.
Social Theory.
Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Sociology of Culture.
History of Science.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51686-2
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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