Eurocentrism: a marxian critical realist critique

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Eurocentrism: a marxian critical realist critique

Social theory Far-left political ideologies and movements Social and political philosophy

Author: Nick Hostettler

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Collection: Ontological Explorations (Routledge Critical Realism)

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 7th May 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 297 Kb

ISBN: 9781135181314


Introduction

The political and social structures of modernity are dominated by really eurocentric forms and relations, yet the theorisation of the eurocentricity of modernity remains barely developed. At the same time, modern political and social theory is fundamentally eurocentric, yet the critique of eurocentrism remains marginal to marxian and critical realist theory.

Overview of the Book

Addressing the eurocentrism of both modernity and modern theory, Eurocentrism: A Marxian Critical Realist Critique discloses the deeply embedded constraints it imposes on historical and social reflexivity.

Theoretical Foundations

Building on the insights of post-structuralism and post-colonialism, Eurocentrism shows how the powerful anti-eurocentric tendencies of the marxian critique of civil society and the critical realist critique of philosophy have been misunderstood or ignored. It develops the latent potential of these traditions to develop a systematically anti-eurocentric approach to understanding and explaining modernity.

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