Colonialism and Modern Social Theory
Colonialism and Modern Social Theory Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings of modern…
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Colonialism and Modern Social Theory
Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings of modern society, which are organised instead around ideas of nation state and capitalist economy.Gurminder K. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since.
Beginning with a consideration of the role of colonialism and empire in the formation of social theory from Hobbes to Hegel, the authors go on to focus on the work of Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Du Bois. Bhambra and John Holmwood address this absence by examining the role of colonialism in the development of modern society and the legacies it has bequeathed. As well as unpicking critical omissions and misrepresentations, the chapters discuss the places where colonialism is acknowledged and discussed -
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