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Durkheim and the possible connections between social theory and colonialism.
- Source :
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Journal of Classical Sociology . Nov2022, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p416-422. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this piece I explore how Bhambra and Holmwood's Colonialism and Modern Social Theory implies three different questions that can be asked concerning the connections between colonialism and social theory. With reference to their discussion of Durkheim, I suggest the answers they offer to these possible questions return us to what Kurasawa termed the 'constitutive paradox' of Durkheim's relation to colonialism, namely a mix of political acceptance while also questioning its ideological legitimacy. While exploring Durkheim's comments on colonialism, race, the state and his own Jewishness, I emphasise the need for a careful historical sociology which reckons with the different possible connections between social theory and colonialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HISTORICAL sociology
*SOCIAL theory
*IMPERIALISM
*RACE
*JEWISH identity
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1468795X
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Classical Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159358856
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X221105713