Beyond Eurocentrism

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 550-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Kerner
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Western Thought ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
European Colonialism ◽  
Globalized World

Over the last few years, the idea that we live in a globalized world has significantly gained ground. Across various disciplines, this had led to severe critiques not only of methodological nationalism, but also of methodological Eurocentrism. But what does it mean to leave Eurocentrism behind? What kind of theorizing can and should we engage in when we attempt to provincialize, decenter, or even decolonize our thinking? This article distinguishes, presents, and critically discusses four trajectories beyond Eurocentrism in political and social theory: enlarging the canon, inter-contextual dialogue, taking the impacts of European colonialism and imperialism into account, as well as shifts in theoretical agenda setting. It argues that if political and social theory truly attempts to transcend methodological Eurocentrism, it must not only bring in non-Western thought, but must also critically address both discursive and institutional aspects of global power relations.

Reframing Power in the Globalized World

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Beck
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Global Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Age ◽  
Globalized World

This paper throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation-states and movements rooted in civil society. It offers an account of the changing nature of power in the global age and assesses the influence of the counter-powers. The thesis is that, in an age of global crises and risks, the creation of a dense network of transnational interdependencies is exactly what is needed to regain national autonomy, not least in relation to a highly mobile world economy. The author thereby argues that a paradigm shift of the social sciences is needed, from `methodological nationalism' to `methodological cosmopolitanism'.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

Twenty-First-Century Fiction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berthold Schoene
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
First Century ◽  
Wealth Accumulation ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Imperial Power ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Global Relations

This chapter looks at how the contemporary British and Irish novel is becoming part of a new globalized world literature, which imagines the world as it manifests itself both within (‘glocally’) and outside nationalist demarcations. At its weakest, often against its own best intentions, this new cosmopolitan writing cannot but simply reinscribe the old imperial power relations. Or, it provides an essential component of the West’s ideological superstructure for globalization’s neoliberal business of rampant upward wealth accumulation. At its best, however, this newly emergent genre promotes a cosmopolitan ethics of justice, resistance. It also promotes dissent while working hard to expose and deconstruct the extant hegemonies and engaging in a radical imaginative recasting of global relations.

Agenda-setting and power relations during the 2018 Colombian election campaign on Twitter

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-280
Author(s):  
Joan Pedro-Carañana ◽  
Sergio Alvarado-Vivas ◽  
Juan S. López-López
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Election Campaign

Indirect Subjects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Culture Industries ◽  
Screen Media ◽  
African People ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Liberal Capitalism ◽  
Nigerian Film ◽  
Indirect Rule

In Indirect Subjects, Matthew H. Brown analyzes the content of the prolific Nigerian film industry's mostly direct-to-video movies alongside local practices of production and circulation to show how screen media play spatial roles in global power relations. Scrutinizing the deep structural and aesthetic relationship between Nollywood, as the industry is known, and Nigerian state television, Brown tracks how several Nollywood films, in ways similar to both state television programs and colonial cinema productions, invite local spectators to experience liberal capitalism not only as a form of exploitation but as a set of expectations about the future. This mode of address, which Brown refers to as “periliberalism,” sustains global power imbalances by locating viewers within liberalism but distancing them from its processes and benefits. Locating the wellspring of this hypocrisy in the British Empire's practice of indirect rule, Brown contends that culture industries like Nollywood can sustain capitalism by isolating ordinary African people, whose labor and consumption fuel it, from its exclusive privileges.

15. Critical criminology—part 1

Criminology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Case ◽  
Phil Johnson ◽  
David Manlow ◽  
Roger Smith ◽  
Kate Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Critical Criminology ◽  
Critical Theories ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Crime And Deviance ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
And Control

This chapter examines a range of criminological perspectives which are collectively known as critical criminology, with particular emphasis on labelling perspectives, Marxist inspired critical theories, and feminist perspectives. It begins with an overview of the four main ideas of positivism (in either its biological, psychological, or sociological forms): determinism, scientism, consensus, and treatment/rehabilitation. It then considers the philosophical and political arguments that underpin critical criminologies, along with the different foundational strands within critical criminology. It also discusses the importance of the ideas of social construction, power and power relations to critical criminology, as well as the problems of ‘deviance’ and its interpretation and control. Finally, it explores the development of critical criminology in Britain, the rise of the ‘new’ criminology, Taylor et al's (1973) notion of a ‘fully social theory’ of crime and deviance, and the issue of violence in relation to gender.

scholarly journals Theorizing societalization across borders: Globality, transnationality, postcoloniality

2020 ◽  
pp. 001139212095211
Author(s):  
Anna Amelina ◽  
Manuela Boatcă ◽  
Gregor Bongaerts ◽  
Anja Weiß
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Border Studies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Micro Level

The editorial summarizes the main conceptual and epistemological challenges of theorizing on society across borders. Its particular aim is to initiate the dialogue between theories of society and cross-border studies that address global, transnational and postcolonial relations. In essence, this special issue addresses four interrelated concerns of studying societal processes across borders. The first of these concerns is prompted by a decades-old critique of methodological nationalism. The second concern addresses the question of how can ‘society’ and the boundaries of ‘societalization’ be conceptualized, if global, transnational and postcolonial processes straddle the boundaries of nation-states? The third concern relates to the fact that sociological ‘grand’ theories have been criticized for failing to analyze recent developments of societies on a meso- and micro-level. Fourthly, a conversation between social theory and cross-border studies is also challenged by epistemic inequalities. Therefore, theories of society should be able to take into account not only the ‘grand scale’ of societal contexts and societal changes but also the positionality of the theorizing subject within global asymmetries of power.

scholarly journals Putting (social) science in its place(s)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Rodriguez Medina
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Global Power ◽  
The Social

Book review ofHeilbron, Johan, Sorá, Gustavo, and Boncourt, Thibaud (eds). 2018. The Social and Human Sciences in Global Power Relations. London: Palgrave. 371 pp.ISBN 978-3-319-73298-5Price: €128,39

scholarly journals Distant places in children’s everyday activities: Multiple worlds in an Australian preschool

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsuzsa Millei
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Global Flows ◽  
Multiple Worlds ◽  
Global Power ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Critical Pedagogies ◽  
Ethnographic Data

Abstract Global flows and their geopolitical power relations powerfully shape the environments in which children lead their everyday lives. Children’s images, imaginations and ideas of distant places are part of these global flows and the everyday activities children perform in preschool. Research explores how through curricula young children are moulded into global and cosmopolitan citizens and how children make sense of distant places through globally circulating ideas, images and imaginations. How these ideas, images and imaginations form an unproblematised part of young children’s everyday preschool activities and identity formation has been much less explored, if at all. I use Massey’s (2005) concept of a ‘global sense of place’ in my analysis of ethnographic data collected in an Australian preschool to explore how children produce global qualities of preschool places and form and perform identities by relating to distant places. I pay special attention to how place, objects and children become entangled, and to the sensory aspects of their emplaced experiences, as distant spatialities embed in and as children’s bodies inhabit the preschool place. To conclude, I call for critical pedagogies to engage with children’s use of these constructions to draw similarities or contrast aspects of distant places and self, potentially reproducing global power relations by fixing representations of places and through uncritically enacting stereotypes.

scholarly journals Discursive Legitimation of Human Values: Local-global Power Relations in Global Media Discourse

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 171-187
Author(s):  
Abduljalil Nasar Hazaea ◽  
Noraini Ibrahim ◽  
Nor Fariza Mohd Nor
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Global Power
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