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Bhambra, Gurminder K.. (2011) Historical sociology, modernity, and postcolonial critique. The American Historical Review, Vol.116 (No.3). pp. 653-662. ISSN 0002-8762

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr.116.3.653

Abstract

Modernity is one of the central concepts of sociology, with sociology itself frequently understood as emerging as a modern form of reflection upon associated historical processes. The sociological understanding of modernity typically rests on ideas of the modern world emerging out of the processes of economic and political revolution located in Europe and underpinned by the cultural changes brought about by the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution. Such an understanding conflates Europe with modernity and renders the process of becoming modern, at least in the first instance, one of endogenous European development. Coterminous with this argument is the idea that the rest of the world was external to these worldhistorical processes and that colonial connections and processes were insignificant to their development.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Historical sociology, Civilization, Modern
Journal or Publication Title:	The American Historical Review
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
ISSN:	0002-8762
Date:	June 2011
Volume:	Vol.116
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 653-662
Identification Number:	10.1086/ahr.116.3.653
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/39507