Alternative discourses in Asian social science : responses to Eurocentrism.

Alatas, Farid Syed.

Alternative discourses in Asian social science : responses to Eurocentrism. / Syed Farid Alatas. - , New Delhi : Sage Publications , 2006. - 226 pages ; 23 cm.

The central problem of the social sciences in Asia: critique, diagnosis and prescription
Theorizing the state of the social sciences
The structure of academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences
The definition and variety of alternative discourses in Asia
Nativist or autonomous social science: a clash of orientations
Towards an adequate conceptualization of relevance and irrelevance in the social sciences
Alternative discourses and power
Rethinking the teaching of the social sciences
The prospects and future of alternative discourses in Asia

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