Abstract
Decolonizing Sociology is one of the few works in sociology that makes critical assessment of the discipline. It is a kind of self-critique within the discipline that aims to reveal epistemic setbacks that have existed for decades. To arrive to the point, Meghji, has situated his thesis along decolonial sociology, which interrogates dominant sociological theories in the context of imperialism. By so doing, he makes three main arguments as follows; first, what is called sociology is colonial in nature as it is based on the ideas of the Western thinkers namely Marx, Durkheim and Weber which emerged and institutionalized during the rise of global colonialism, imperialism and empires. This kind of sociology, considers the West as center of modernization and civilization and the rest of the world including Africa as underdeveloped, uncivilized and primitive. Second, Meghji argues, this canonical sociology is taken as universally applicable, and the only legitimate sociology in the world including the formerly colonized parts of Africa.
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Matogwa, Armstrong K.
(2024)
"Review of Decolonising Sociology: An Introduction,"
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 10.
DOI: 10.56279/ZJAHS11210
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https://commons.udsm.ac.tz/zjahs/vol1/iss2/10
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