An Invitation to Non-Hegemonic World Sociology: : Eric Macé: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

An Invitation to Non-Hegemonic World Sociology

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Although sociology is present as a discipline or as a social practice in most countries in the world, its future as a not-only Western social science has hardly been addressed before. In this book, a team of interdisciplinary scholars have been working together not so much to offer one single response to the question than to raise important issues at stake for the future of sociology. Is it universal? Can it be indigenous? How is it possible – and is it even desirable – to write its history differently so as to know better about its early world diffusion and gradual Westernization? Do we need to expand or change its canon?

This collection brings together essays that are all engaged in international discussions concerning the universality of sociology, or more precisely the epistemological and theoretical conditions of this universality. The postcolonial and decolonial critiques of the Eurocentrism of sociology are the basis for a reflection on how to continue to do sociology in a non-hegemonic way. That is, sociological ways of describing reality - including the history of sociology and its canon - that are not limited by Western-centrism or other nationalist or religious hegemonies.

Introduction: Towards Non-Hegemonic World Sociology
Eric Macé
Part I: Beyond Contemporary Colonialities: Paths and Methods
Chapter 1: From Past to Future: Writing Another History of Sociology as a Path to Decolonizing the Discipline
Stéphane Dufoix
Chapter 2: Sociology for a Decolonized World
Raewyn Connell
Chapter 3: Creolizing the Nation-State Norm: Lessons from Two Peripheries
Manuela Boatca
Chapter 4: Methodology: Teratologic Concept Formation for Global Studies
Gennaro Ascione
Chapter 5: Towards an Augmented Sociology: A Non-Hegemonic Approach as a Condition for Shared Sociological Reasoning
Eric Macé
Part II: Making a Global Non-Hegemonic Sociology from Situated Standpoints
Chapter 6: Theorizing from a Void: Epistemic Lessons from the Semiperiphery
Marina (Blagojevic) Hughson and Sonja Avlijaš
Chapter 7: Searching for Common Grounds in World Sociology: An Historiographical Perspective from the Global South
Joao Marcelo Ehlert Maia
Chapter 8: Towards an Alternative Canon? Particularity and Generality across “Black” and “Red” Social Theory
Julian Go
Chapter 9: Postcolonial Studies and Marxist/Feminist Interventions : Counter-Hegemonic Debates on the Origin of the Indian Caste System
Sujata Patel
Chapter 10: Towards A Non-Hegemonic World Sociology and Exploring Its Relevance in 21st Century Nigeria and Beyond
Adewale Adesina
Chapter 11: What Would a “Non-hegemonic World Sociology” Look Like? Reflections from an African Perspective
Jimi O. Adesina
Part III: Creativity and Difficulties of Connected Sociologies
Chapter 12: The Heuristic Power of Non-Western Notions: Mahrem and Maidan (Private and Public)
Nilüfer Göle
Chapter 13: From Non-Hegemonic to Post-Western Sociology between China and France
Laurence Roulleau-Berger
Chapter 14: Decentralisation and Counter-Hegemonic Currents. Contrasting Two Complementary Approaches towards Non-Hegemonic Sociology
Leandro Rodriguez-Medina and Wiebke Keim
Chapter 15: Global Social Science, Does It Interconnect Multiple Voices?
Hebe Vessuri
Chapter 16: Weber, Habermas, and Affective Rationality :East-West Dialogue for a Non-Hegemonic World Sociology
Han Sang-Jin
About the Contributors

Product details

Published	19 Jul 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	370
ISBN	9781538161029
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	6 BW Photos, 1 Table, 1 textbox
Dimensions	237 x 159 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

This is a superb volume of wide-angle views of the history of sociology in relation to social and sociological theory, providing not only a critique of hegemonic sociology but also concrete ideas on how one can practice non-hegemonic world sociology. Distinguished scholars carefully engage with the most up-to-date debates in social theory, raising a loud voice in favor of a more decentering knowledge production.

Sari Hanafi, professor of sociology, American University of Beirut