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Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science : Responses to Eurocentrism / Syed Farid Alatas.
Publication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2006.Description: 226 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0761934405 (hard back)
- 9780761934400
- 8178295865 (IndiaHB)
- 300.95 ALA 22
- H53.A78 A38 2006
Contents:
Contents:
The central problem of the social sciences in Asia: critique, diagnosis and prescription;
Theorizing the state of the social sciences;
The structure of academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences;
The definition and variety of alternative discourses in Asia;
Nativist or autonomous social science: a clash of orientations;
Towards an adequate conceptualization of relevance and irrelevance in the social sciences;
Alternative discourses and power;
Rethinking the teaching of the social sciences;
The prospects and future of alternative discourses in Asia.
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NLS | General Stacks | 300.95 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | HB | Available | 38588 |
Contents:
The central problem of the social sciences in Asia: critique, diagnosis and prescription;
Theorizing the state of the social sciences;
The structure of academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences;
The definition and variety of alternative discourses in Asia;
Nativist or autonomous social science: a clash of orientations;
Towards an adequate conceptualization of relevance and irrelevance in the social sciences;
Alternative discourses and power;
Rethinking the teaching of the social sciences;
The prospects and future of alternative discourses in Asia.