Southern Theory: The global dynamics of knowledge in social science

Abstract

Introduction . Acknowledgments . Part I: Northern Theory . Empire and the creation of a social science. Modern general theory and its hidden assumptions. Imagining globalisation. Part II: Looking South . The discovery of Australia. Part III: Southern Theory . Indigenous knowledge and African Renaissance. Islam and Western dominance. Dependency, autonomy and culture. Power, violence and the pain of colonialism. Part IV: Antipodean Reflections . The silence of the land. Social science on a world scale. References . Index