Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory

Zusatztext In very brief and schematic terms, this is the powerful framework Go provides us to reform sociology and social theory from a postcolonial point of view. Informationen zum Autor Julian Go is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate in Asian Studies at Boston University. He has held Visiting Fellowships and Professorships at the London School of Economics! Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona! University of Lucerne in Switzerland! and the Third World Studies Center in the Philippines. His previous books on the US empire have won prizes from the American Sociological Association! the International Studies Association! and the AmericanPolitical Science Association. Klappentext Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science. Zusammenfassung Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Go, Julian (Professor of Sociology Go, Go Julian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2016
• EAN: 9780190625139
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062513-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political science & theory, Social and cultural anthropology, Political science and theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence