{"product_id":"southern-theory-social-science-and-the-global-dynamics-of-knowledge-hardback-9780745642482","title":"Southern Theory; Social Science And The Global Dynamics Of Knowledge (Hardback) 9780745642482","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Science And The Global Dynamics Of Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaewyn Connell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745642482, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwarded the Stephen Crook Memorial Prize for Best Authored Book in Australian Sociology 2005-2008\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Profoundly generative ... an original book, elegantly written and covering a vast gamut of topics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology of Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It weaves an awe-inspiring command of knowledge into a devastating critique of metropolitan social thought ... no ordinary academic text ... widely accessible to an intelligent readership spanning an array of disciplines.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A multifaceted argument. It narrates an alternative 'origin story' for sociology and, by implication, anthropology.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Humanities Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I highly recommend \u003ci\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/i\u003e for every social scientist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransnational Social Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Raewyn Connell makes a strong claim to 'propose a new path for social theory that will help social science to serve democratic purposes on a world scale' ... This book offers unequivocal points of engagement: what is the text(ure) and mess(age) of the intellectual traditions that inform what is taught in universities in anglo\/european\/northamerican centres of learning? It stimulated me to recognize the elisions and gaps in the knowledge that I take for granted, and to think differently about the global constructions of sociological knowledge.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Zealand Geographer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with an examination of the hidden assumptions of modern general theory, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Northern Theory\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpire and the creation of a social science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern general theory and its hidden assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Looking South\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe discovery of Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Southern Theory\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigenous knowledge and African Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam and Western dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependency, autonomy and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower, violence and the pain of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Antipodean Reflections\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe silence of the land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial science on a world scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407307075864,"sku":"9780745642482","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745642482.jpg?v=1784160511","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/southern-theory-social-science-and-the-global-dynamics-of-knowledge-hardback-9780745642482","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}