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- Title
Postkoloniale Selbstkritik - und dann? Zur Überwindung inhärenter Polarisierungen und der »epistemischen Gewalt« in der Soziologie.
- Authors
Neubert, Dieter; Sabbi, Matthew
- Abstract
Postcolonial criticism radicalizes earlier accusations of North-South inequality by not only criticizing economic, social and political polarization, but also making sociology itself the object of scrutiny. How can we respond to the associated accusation of »epistemic violence«? First, a provincialization of sociological findings and an expanded empirical basis beyond Western Europe and North America are necessary. This also calls into question seemingly universal categories such as per capita income or concepts such as class. At the same time, the structural inequalities in the science system between the Global North and the Global South must be reduced. Importantly, academic cooperation on an equal footing must be made possible. This requires, among other things, a more consistent international orientation of German sociology as well as the willingness to discuss fundamental epistemological questions anew.
- Subjects
POSTCOLONIALISM; POLARIZATION (Social sciences); DEVELOPING countries; SYSTEMS theory; SOCIOLOGY
- Publication
Leviathan: Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG), 2024, Vol 52, Issue 2, p205
- ISSN
0340-0425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0340-0425-2024-2-205