Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism

by Syed Farid Alatas

This book addresses a set of problems surrounding the state of the social sciences in Asia. It contextualizes problems by pointing to the historical and continuing dominance over Asian social science discourses by Western paradigms and concepts. Syed Farid Alatas documents various critiques of the state of the social sciences in Asia and critically assesses the prescriptions for alternative discourses that have emerged from these critiques. Among...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761934405
• ISBN13: 9780761934400
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"