An Invitation to Non-Hegemonic World Sociology

by Eric Macé (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538161036
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/23/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384

About the Author

Eric Macé is a specialist in the sociology of cultural movements and was the initiator in France of Cultural Studies theories, particularly with regard to the analysis of gender and race relations in cultural representations and social practices. At the University of Bordeaux, he heads the research department CHANGES - Social sciences of contemporary change.

Table of Contents

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 Boatcă

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 Hughson-Blagojevic 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

Editorial Reviews

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