{"product_id":"southern-theory-9780745642499","title":"Southern Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Southern Theory 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404381233495,"sku":"9780745642499","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745642499.jpg?v=1730486284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/southern-theory-9780745642499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}