Raewyn Connell

Southern Theory

The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

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Produktbeschreibung

In Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North American metropole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780745642499
• ISBN-10: 0745642497
• Artikelnr.: 22964957

Autorenporträt

Raewyn Connell is University Chair at the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Northern Theory.
Empire and the creation of a social science.
Modern general theory and its hidden assumptions.
Imagining globalisation.
Part II: Looking South.
The discovery of Australia.
Part III: Southern Theory.
Indigenous knowledge and African Renaissance.
Islam and Western dominance.
Dependency, autonomy and culture.
Power, violence and the pain of colonialism.
Part IV: Antipodean Reflections.
The silence of the land.
Social science on a world scale.
References.
Index