Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon
This book expands the sociological canon by introducing non-Western and female voices, and subjects the existing canon itself to critique. Including chapters on both the ‘founding fathers’ of sociology and neglected thinkers it highlights the biases of Eu
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Syed Farid Alatas • Vineeta Sinha
Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon
Syed Farid Alatas Sociology National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
Vineeta Sinha Sociology National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
ISBN 978-1-137-41133-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-41134-1
ISBN 978-1-137-41134-1 (eBook)
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To the memories of our late fathers, Panday Rewati Raman Sinha & Syed Hussein Alatas, whose working, providing and mentoring made us
Acknowledgments
This book has long been in the making. The germ of this idea surfaced in 1998 in the course of our co-teaching an undergraduate module on classical sociological theory, Social Thought and Social Theory, at the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. For many years since then this teaching opportunity provided the testing ground for the ideas and content reflected in the book that has materialized. During the many semesters that we co-taught this course we appreciated and learnt a great deal from the many conversations, disagreements and debates we had had about rethinking social theory and its teaching. One of the results of those discussions was the decision to write a book together that would feature social theory the way we felt it should be presented to students and
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