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Theory from the South
‘The Global South’ is rarely seen as a source of explanation for world historical events.
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Linear vs. Polarizing Trends in World Social Processes
Over the past two centuries, the dominant view in social science has been that the modern world shows a pattern of linear development in which all positive trends go upward in more or less linear fashion (albeit perhaps at an uncertain speed), and that therefore over time discrepancies between the leaders and the laggards are overcome, toward a relatively homogenized world.
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A philosophical appraisal of Nyamnjoh’s social theory and Whitehead’s process ontology in the context of epistemic decoloniality
Inusah, Husein. 2023. A philosophical appraisal of Nyamnjoh’s social theory and Whitehead’s process ontology in the context of epistemic dec...
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Ernest Gellner’s Legacy and Social Theory Today
Skalník, Petr. (Ed.). 2022. Ernest Gellner’s Legacy and Social Theory Today. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-...
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Principles or pragmatics?
James, Deborah. 2023. Principles or pragmatics? In M. Pelkmans & H. Walker (Eds.), How People Compare (pp. 107–127). Routledge. https://...
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Engaging Violence: Civility and the Reach of Literature
Simpson, David. 2022. Engaging Violence: Civility and the Reach of Literature. Stanford University Press. https://www.sup.org/books/title/?i...
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Everything is at a time and in a place
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2022. Everything is at a time and in a place. Anthropology Today, 38(3), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.127...
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Intimacy in postmodern times: A friendship with Zygmunt Bauman
Beilharz, Peter. 2020. Intimacy in postmodern times: A friendship with Zygmunt Bauman. Manchester University Press. https://www.manchesterhi...
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Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa (The Radical Imagination)
Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff. 2012. Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa (The Radical Imagination). P...
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Way Out West: Mapping Western Australia
Stratton, J and P Beilharz. 2016. Way Out West: Mapping Western Australia. Thesis Eleven 135(1):3–13. http://the.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177...
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National Identities and State Formation
National identity is the set of inter-related cultural attributes that provides meaning and self-recognition to a collective of humans who define themselves as a national community.
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Conceptafrica
The target and at the same time the tool of the project is the conceptualisations and imaginations of the social and the economic in various African languages.
