Sociological theory beyond the canon / Syed Farid Alatas, Vineeta Sinha

By:

Alatas, Farid, Syed [author]

Contributor(s):

Sinha, Vineeta

Publisher: [London] : Palgrave Macmillan, 20172017Description: x, 391 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781137411334
1137411333

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sociological theory beyond the canon.LOC classification:

Contents:

Introduction: Eurocentrism, Androcentrism and Sociological Theory; Rethinking Social Theory / Syed Farid Alatas and Vineeta Sinha -- Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) / Syed Farid Alatas -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) / Syed Farid Alatas -- Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) / Vineeta Sinha -- Max Weber (1864-1920) / Syed Farid Alatas -- Jos©♭ Rizal (1861-1896) / Syed Farid Alatas -- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) / Vineeta Sinha -- Said Nursi (1877-1960) / Syed Farid Alatas -- Pandita Ramabai Saraswati (1858-1922) / Vineeta Sinha -- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) / Vineeta Sinha -- Venoy Kumar Sarkar (1887-1949) / Vineeta Sinha -- Epilogue / Syed Farid Alatas and Vineeta Sina

Summary: This book expands the sociological canon by introducing non-Western and female voices, and subjects the existing canon itself to critique. Including chapters on both the 'founding fathers' of sociology and neglected thinkers it highlights the biases of Eurocentrism and androcentrism, while also offering much-needed correctives to them. The authors challenge a dominant account of the development of sociological theory which would have us believe that it was only Western European and later North American white males in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who thought in a creative and systematic manner about the origins and nature of the emerging modernity of their time. This integrated and contextualised account seeks to restructure the ways in which we theorise the emergence of the classical sociological canon. This book's global scope fills a significant lacuna and provides a unique teaching resource to students of classical sociological theory. -- From back cover

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Book - General	Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library	Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library	General Collection	Open Shelf	B63A323S 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				1	Checked out		17/05/2026	11100398392

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index

This book expands the sociological canon by introducing non-Western and female voices, and subjects the existing canon itself to critique. Including chapters on both the 'founding fathers' of sociology and neglected thinkers it highlights the biases of Eurocentrism and androcentrism, while also offering much-needed correctives to them. The authors challenge a dominant account of the development of sociological theory which would have us believe that it was only Western European and later North American white males in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who thought in a creative and systematic manner about the origins and nature of the emerging modernity of their time. This integrated and contextualised account seeks to restructure the ways in which we theorise the emergence of the classical sociological canon. This book's global scope fills a significant lacuna and provides a unique teaching resource to students of classical sociological theory. -- From back cover