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Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination

By Gurminder K. Bhambra

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
023050034X, 9780230500341, 9780230206410
LCC
HM585 .B486 2007
Open Library ID
OL10194234M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
541 kB (553867 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
209\209
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Arguing for the idea of connected histories, Gurminder Bhambra presents a fundamental reconstruction of the idea of modernity in contemporary sociology, where modernity's origins are located in Europe. She criticizes the abstraction of European modernity from its colonial context and the way in which non-Western 'others' are regarded as having no contribution to make to understandings of modernity. It aims to establish a dialogue in which 'others' can speak, and also be heard.

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