Unmasking Social Science Imperialism
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Unmasking Social Science Imperialism

Globalization Theory As A Phase Of Academic Colonialism

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Unmasking Social Science Imperialism

Globalization Theory As A Phase Of Academic Colonialism

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Contemporary social science is a product of the capitalist world-system and Eurocentrism is constitutive of the geoculture of this system characterized by the parochiality of its universalism, assumptions about the superiority of Western civilization and imposition as the sole theory of global progress. The creation of these structures of knowledge, specifically the institutionalization of the social sciences, is a phenomenon that is inextricably linked to the very formation and maturation of Europes capitalist world system or imperialism. There is therefore nothing that is natural, logical, or accidental about the institutionalization of the social sciences. These Europeanized structures of knowledge are imposed ways of producing knowledge of the world. This Eurocentrism of social science has justifiably come under increasingly vigorous scrutiny, especially in the period since 1945 with the formal decolonization of Africa, Asia, and much of the Caribbean. This book forcefully argues that if social science is to make any progress in the twenty-first century, it must overcome its Eurocentric heritage that has distorted social analyses and its capacity to deal with the problems of the contemporary world and embrace other non-Western funds of knowledge production.

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Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2015
ISBN
9789956792214
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Essays in Sociology
Index
Social Sciences
empire 
of 
all 
(See 
Map 
of 
Ancient 
European 
Colonial 
Empires 
below). 
The 
fact 
that 
England 
became 
a 
dominant 
world 
power 
through 
its 
rule 
of 
the 
British 
Empire, 
the 
largest 
empire 
in 
the 
history 
of 
the 
world, 
baffles 
us 
even 
today. 
How 
did 
a 
small 
island 
country 
(about 
the 
size 
of 
Oregon 
in 
the 
United 
States 
of 
America) 
on 
the 
far 
edge 
of 
the 
Eurasian 
continent 
come 
to 
rule 
over 
one-quarter 
of 
the 
world’s 
land 
mass 
and 
population? 
It 
must 
have 
had 
some 
unusual 
advantages 
over 
every 
other 
country. 
Certainly, 
the 
wealth 
and 
technological 
advances 
emerging 
from 
the 
Industrial 
Revolution 
contributed 
a 
great 
deal 
to 
the 
success 
of 
the 
British 
Empire, 
especially 
in 
the 
nineteenth 
century, 
when 
England 
first 
industrialized. 
However, 
the 
first 
European 
colonial 
empires, 
and 
their 
increasing 
control 
of 
global 
trade, 
began 
before 
the 
Industrial 
Revolution, 
so 
the 
answer 
must 
be 
more 
complex. 
When 
and 
why 
did 
European 
imperial 
dominance 
take 
form? 
And 
why 
didn’t 
powerful 
Asian 
countries 
such 
as 
China 
or 
India 
conquer 
Europe 
instead 
of 
the 
other 
way 
around 
(See 
Figure 
1-
European 
Colonial 
Empires)? 
20

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Maps and Figures
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 - Introductory: Why Social Science Imperialism?
  9. Chapter 2 - Social Science, Eurocentrism, Americanization, and Imperialism
  10. Chapter 3 - Dissecting Globalization as a Scientific Theory
  11. Chapter 4 - Globalization Theory as Repackaged Social Science Imperialism
  12. Chapter 5 - Toward De-linking From Globalization by the Oppressed and Exploited
  13. Epilogue - Which Way for Oppressed and Exploited People?
  14. Chapter 6 - The Elusive Scientific (Theoretical) Land of Promise
  15. Chapter 7 - The Road to Scientific Paradise
  16. Bibliography
  17. Back cover