Postcolonial and Decolonial Transformations

Reimagining British Sociology
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-64583-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Sociological Futures

This first-of-its-kind collection brings British sociology into global conversations on postcolonialism and decolonisation, showcasing the transformative potential of post and decolonial theories for sociology and its subdisciplines.

Over the past few years, universities in the UK and globally have faced increasing pressure from students to 'decolonise'. While these calls are rooted in a global tradition of anticolonial thought, British sociology has seen few institutional attempts to engage with post and decolonial theories, despite interventions by anticolonial scholars working in the UK. Exploring theoretical interventions, the implications of decolonising subfields and methodologies, and ways of rethinking the discipline through empirical cases, this collection reflects the diversity of post and decolonial thought and its significance for social theory and research. Contributors challenge sociology's complicity in imperialism and ongoing coloniality and racism within the discipline. Topics include forgotten British sociologies of decolonisation, the silence around Ireland in British sociology, scientific racism, knowledge production in Zimbabwe, Palestine and social theory, Sinophobia in the sociology of race and racism, post-secular theory, and antiracist approaches to teaching quantitative research methods.

This collection is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, and academics seeking to understand the importance of post and decolonial theories, ensuring the continuing relevance of British sociology as an agent of transformation within the academy.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papadakis, Saskia

Tinsley, Meghan

Meghji, Ali

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Writing relational histories of sociology through the Peripheral Gaze. A note. 1.Introduction.  2.Leapfrogging Legacies and British Sociologies of Decolonisation, 1945-75.  3.The Grammar of Seeing and Being Seen: Stuart Hall on the Coloniality of Black Pain.  4.‘Dirty Work’: Ireland, the Union, and the British ‘race agenda’.  5.Sociology on the Decolonial Turn: The Politics of Knowledge Production and Practices in Zimbabwe.  6.Palestine and the Postcolonial? Decolonial Social Theory and Palestine. 7.The ‘Big Bad China’: Confronting Sinophobia in British Sociology. 8. In Search of Sociological Soul: The Case for De-secularising Social Theory Teaching. 9.Decolonising Quantitative Research Methods Pedagogy in UK Sociology.

Über Autor(innen)

Saskia Papadakis is a researcher and community organiser based in London. She has previously held posts at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she conducted oral histories of the UK environmental movement, and at the University of Manchester, where she researched the British Black Power movement. Her first monograph, Resisting the North-South divide: stories of place and identity in postcolonial England, is forthcoming. With interests in antiracism, migration and oral history, Saskia co-convenes the Postcolonial and Decolonial Transformations study group for the British Sociological Association and is a member of the Ethnic and Racial Studies editorial board.

Meghan Tinsley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her research sits at the intersection of nationalism, postcolonial and decolonial thought, and the memory of empire. She is the author of Commemorating Muslims in the First World War Centenary: Making Melancholia (Routledge, 2022) and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right (2024). Her work has also been published in journals including Identities, Critical Sociology, Current Sociology, Ethnic & Racial Studies, and Postcolonial Studies. She is co-convenor of the British Sociological Association’s Postcolonial and Decolonial Transformations Study Group, and is a member of the editorial boards of Sociology and The Sociological Review.

Ali Meghji is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His work bridges postcolonial sociology with critical race theory to understand the historical and transnational dimensions of racialization and racism. He is currently completing a monograph on the Du Boisian tradition, before then engaging in a research project exploring the de-Americanisation of Pan-Africanism.