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Item Details
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ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSES IN ASIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE
RESPONSES TO EUROCENTRISM |
| By: |
Syed Farid Alatas |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£32.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0761934405 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780761934400 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
3 May, 2006 |
| Pages: |
228 |
| Description: |
This book addresses a set of problems surrounding the state of the social sciences in Asia. It contextualizes problems by pointing to the historical and continuing dominance over Asian social science discourses by Western paradigms and concepts. Syed Farid Alatas documents various critiques of the state of the social sciences in Asia and critically assesses the prescriptions for alternative discourses that have emerged from these critiques. Among the important features of this book are that it has a pan-Asian focus and that it incorporates perspectives drawn from economics and sociology. |
| Synopsis: |
This book situates Asian social sciences in the global context in terms of the perspectives that have evolved and the contributions they have made to the general body of knowledge in the field. More than a mere chronology of key growth points of various social science disciplines in the vast region of Asia and the Pacific, the book focuses on major theoretical problems and issues and offers a critique of various approaches and orientations pursued by scholars worldwide in the investigation of Asian societies and cultures. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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