Counterhegemonic currents and internationalization of sociology

Abstract

This article deals with the position of the Southern sociologies within the discipline. The role and presence of local, national and regional scholarly communities has been widely reflected on in the context of the discussion around internationalization or globalization of the discipline. Thus, a variety of critiques of 'Eurocentrism', or more precisely, 'North Atlantic domination', have arisen in recent years that can be strengthened by empirical evidence of strong inequalities and distorted communication mechanisms within sociology at an international level. What has been largely missing so far is the demonstration of viable alternatives to North Atlantic domination, as well as enquiries into the conditions of their emergence. This article offers a different perspective by highlighting counterhegemonic currents emerging out of the South despite the peripheral position, i.e. by drawing attention towards challenging scholarly communities and their output that have not received much, if any, attention in the discussions so far. keywords: counterhegemony ✦ globalization ✦ history of sociology ✦ sociological theory ✦ sociology of the social sciences

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Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine

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