Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism [1 ed.] 0761934405, 9780761934400

This book situates Asian social sciences in the global context in terms of the perspectives that have evolved and the co

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Table of contents :
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 The Central Problem of the Social Sciences in Asia: Critique, Diagnosis and Prescription
2 Theorizing the State of the Social Sciences
3 The Structure of Academic Dependency and the Global Division of Labour in the Social Sciences
4 The Definition and Variety of Alternative Discourses in Asia
5 Nativist or Autonomous Social Science: A Clash of Orientations
6 Towards an Adequate Conceptualization of Relevance and Irrelevance in the Social Sciences
7 Alternative Discourses and Power
8 Rethinking the Teaching of the Social Sciences
9 The Prospects and Future of Alternative Discourses in Asia
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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