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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. doi:10.1086/ahr.116.3.653 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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.116 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 653-662 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1086/ahr.116.3.653 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2015 |
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