Post-Western Sociology - From China to Europe Paperback / softback
Edited by Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Li Peilin
Part of the China Policy Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book is rooted in an epistemological approach to sociology in which the boundaries between Western and non-Western sociologies are acknowledged and built on.
It argues that knowledge is organised in conceptual spaces linked to paradigms and programmes which in turn are linked to ethnocentred knowledge processes; that until recently Western approaches, including Post-Colonial, French Social Science and American approaches, have dominated non-Western theories; and that Western theories have sometimes seemed incapable of explaining phenomena produced in other societies.
It goes on to argue that the blurring of boundaries between Western and non-Western sociologies is very important; and that such a Post-Western approach will mean co-production and co-construction of common knowledge, the recognition of ignored or forgotten scientific cultures and a "global change" in sociology which imposes theoretical and methodological detours, displacements, reversals and conversions.
The book brings together a wide range of Western and Chinese sociologists who explore the consequences of this new approach in relation to many different issues and aspects of sociology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages, 11 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2021
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- ISBN:9780367444792
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages, 11 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367444792
