Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South - Kaleidoscopic Dialectic (Paperback)

After the end of Euro-American hegemony and the return of the multi-centric world, Eurocentrism in philosophy and the social sciences has come under attack. However, no real alternative has been proposed. This provides an opportunity to reassess the philosophy of the social sciences that has been developed in the West. This book argues that the re-emergence of a multi-centric world allows the Euro-centric social sciences in general, and critical theory in particular, to finally disengage from countless paradoxes and impasses by which they have heretofore been hindered. The author presents a solution in the form of the "kaleidoscopic dialectic." This dialectic is unique in that it is able to overcome the precarious dichotomy between universalism and relativism by relying on an original approach to the philosophy of science. With this approach, the focus is on the configurations embedded in the ethics of understanding, accommodation and learning and on their connections to broader social scientific critique. This book demands that the European social sciences make philosophical and methodological adaptations to the new realities of the social world by becoming more reflexive and, by extension, less Euro-centric.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2015
Authors:	Boike Rehbein
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-34477-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-138-34477-X
Barcode:	9781138344778

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