Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004309982
Series Statement:
Post-Western social sciences and global knowledge v. 1
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Epistemic Injustice and New Frontiers of Knowledge -- 2 Traditions and Controversies -- 3 Fabric of Knowledge and Research Fieldwork -- 4 Urban Boundaries, Segregation and Intermediate Spaces -- 5 Uncertainty and Economic Institutions -- 6 Migrations, Inequalities and Individuation -- 7 State, Social Conflict and Collective Action -- 8 Ecological Risks and Environmental Sociology in Europe and China -- 9 Continuities of Knowledge and Common Concepts -- 10 Discontinuities of Knowledge and Singular Concepts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
Within a movement towards the circulation and globalisation of knowledge, new centres and new peripheries form and new hierarchies appear - more or less discretely - producing competition and rivalry in the development of “new” knowledge. Centres of gravity in social sciences have been displaced towards Asia, especially China. We have entered a period of de-westernization of knowledge and co-production of transnational knowledge. This is a scientific revolution in the social sciences which imposes detours, displacements, reversals. It means a turning point in the history of social sciences. From the Chinese experience in sociology the author is opening a Post-Western Space where after Post-Colonial Studies, she is speaking about the emergence of a Post-Western Sociology
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004309722
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Roulleau-Berger, Laurence, 1956- author Post-Western revolution in sociology Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004309982
