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Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

By: Publication details: London Polity Press 2007ISBN:
  • 9780745642499
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.1 CON
Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction; PART I: NORTHERN THEORY; 1. Empire and the creation of a social science; 2. Modern general theory and its hidden assumptions; 3. Imagining globalisation; PART II: LOOKING SOUTH; 4. The discovery of Australia; PART III: SOUTHERN THEORY; 5. Indigenous knowledge and African Renaissance; 6. Islam and Western dominance; 7. Dependency, autonomy and culture; 8. Power, violence and the pain of colonialism; PART IV: ANTIPODEAN MEDITATIONS; 9. The silence of the land; 10. Social Science on a world scale; References; Index
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Table of Contents
Introduction;
PART I: NORTHERN THEORY;
1. Empire and the creation of a social science;
2. Modern general theory and its hidden assumptions;
3. Imagining globalisation;
PART II: LOOKING SOUTH;
4. The discovery of Australia;
PART III: SOUTHERN THEORY;
5. Indigenous knowledge and African Renaissance;
6. Islam and Western dominance;
7. Dependency, autonomy and culture;
8. Power, violence and the pain of colonialism;
PART IV: ANTIPODEAN MEDITATIONS;
9. The silence of the land;
10. Social Science on a world scale;
References;
Index