04491nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-63649-3 DE-He213 20251030113036.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240912s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031636493 978-3-031-63649-3 10.1007/978-3-031-63649-3 doi JQ1758-1852 JP bicssc 1FB bicssc POL059000 bisacsh JP 1FB thema Postcolonialism and Social Theory in Arabic [electronic resource] : Intellectual Traditions and Historical Entanglements / edited by Dietrich Jung, Florian Zemmin. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. IX, 210 p. 2 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Modern Muslim World, 2945-6142 Chapter 1: Beyond Deconstruction – An Introduction To Writing Social Theory In Arabic -- Part I: Social theory in Academic disciplines -- Chapter 2: (Post-)Colonialism, Authoritarianism, And Authenticity: Sociology In Arab Countries -- Chapter : Who Counts As A Theorist? Locating Maghrebi Sociologists In The Intellectual History Of Decolonization -- Chapter 4: Decentering First World War History: Arabic Perspectives On A Global Event -- Chapter 5: The Islamization Of Knowledge: Critique And Alternative -- Part II: Social theory Beyond Academic Disciplines -- Chapter 6: Liquid Modernity In Arabic -- Chapter 7: Crisis And Creativity: Tradition And Revolution In Arab Social Theory -- Chapter 8: The Road Out Of Marxism: Entangled Thought In 1970s Lebanon -- Chapter 9: Arabic Social Theory In Japanese And Indonesian: Transregional Ideoscapes Of The Long 1960s. Since Edward Said’s publication of Orientalism in 1978, so-called Western social theory and its claim to universal analytical validity has been exposed to severe criticism, and rightfully so. Scholars from the field of postcolonial studies were most vocal in criticizing the Eurocentric nature of the conceptual apparatus of the social sciences. Indeed, contemporary social theory almost exclusively refers to the historical experiences of Western Europe and North America. Yet what is the alternative to these Eurocentric frameworks? Many postcolonial critics use few non-English sources and tend to focus on the deconstruction of European and American theories. This book provides a turn of perspective. The authors critically reflect upon the concepts of so-called Western social theory by engaging with social theory in Arabic. Questions addressed include: What are the concepts, themes, and historical narratives in contemporary Arabic social theory? In which ways do Arab social theorists provide us with alternatives to the conceptual apparatuses employed by so-called Western social theory? To what extent are Arab and Western social theories entangled with each other? Dietrich Jung is a professor in Middle East and Islamic studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. Florian Zemmin is a professor of Islamic studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Middle East Politics and government. 69672 Philosophy. 66189 Postcolonialism. 19132 Knowledge, Sociology of. Middle Eastern Politics. 69673 Postcolonial Philosophy. 70057 Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse. Jung, Dietrich. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 84124 Zemmin, Florian. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 84125 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031636486 Printed edition: 9783031636509 Printed edition: 9783031636516 The Modern Muslim World, 2945-6142 84126 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63649-3 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 63294 63294