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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Steinmetz’s compelling work is a timely intervention and shows by example why attempts at 'decolonization' must first contextualize the diverse trajectories of what it means to be colonial, breaking from pre-notions about who is colonially complicit or anticolonial to begin with, and recognizing that decolonization must 'proceed by putting colonialism into the picture.'"
---Austin H. Vo, Social Forces"
The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought is a milestone in the history of sociology, far-reaching in its scope and objectives, and impressive in its material and archival basis. The book should impact strongly both the history of colonialism as a cultural, scientific, and epistemic project before and after WWII, as well as the history of sociology as an academic, disciplinary and intellectual field."
---Anne Kwaschik, Social Science History"An eye-opener and a game-changer. [
The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought] represents a learned, deeply researched, and admirably constructed study: broad in scope, spanning a considerable period of time and tackling a pressing problem – colonial social science – in a sophisticated and challenging manner."
---Johan Heilbron, Social Science History"A major contribution to a variety of literatures and scholarly concerns, including the history of the social sciences, the sociology of knowledge, and the inner mechanisms of empire."
---Christian Dayé, Social Science History
