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Sociology and postcolonialism: another “missing” revolution?

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:53 authored by Gurminder BhambraGurminder Bhambra
Sociology is usually represented as having emerged alongside European modernity. The latter is frequently understood as sociology's special object with sociology itself a distinctively modern form of explanation. The period of sociology's disciplinary formation was also the heyday of European colonialism, yet the colonial relationship did not figure in the development of sociological understandings. While the recent emergence of postcolonialism appears to have initiated a reconsideration of understandings of modernity, with the development of theories of multiple modernities, I suggest that this engagement is more an attempt at recuperating the transformative aspect of postcolonialism than engaging with its critiques. In setting out the challenge of postcolonialism to dominant sociological accounts, I also address `missing feminist/queer revolutions', suggesting that by engaging with postcolonialism there is the potential to transform sociological understandings by opening up a dialogue beyond the simple pluralism of identity claims.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Sociology

ISSN

0038-0385

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

5

Volume

41

Page range

871-884

Department affiliated with

  • Geography Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-11-16

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