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Southern Theory
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Description
Intellectual production of the majority 'southern' world does in fact include theory, though its contribution is often marginalised and intellectually discredited by the metropole. Connell shows how social theory about the modern world from peripheral societies is equal in intellectual rigour and is often of greater political relevance to our changing world.
Beginning with an examination of the hidden assumptions of modern general theory, Southern Theory looks to the 'southern' social experience and the theories that have emerged from Australia, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, India, Africa, Islam and other post-colonial societies, as sources of important and vital contributions to world social science. These myriad theories offer valuable perspectives so crucial to the application of social theory in the contemporary world, having the power to transform the influence of the metropolitan hegemony on social thought by mutual regard and interaction.
Southern Theory is a major new work in social theory, drawing on anthropology, history, psychology, philosophy, economics and cultural studies, with wide-ranging implications for the social sciences in the 21st century.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2007-12-18
Publication Date:
2007-12-18
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0745642497
ISBN13:
9780745642499
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
428 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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