Colonialism and Modern Social Theory

by Gurminder K Bhambra and John Holmwood

Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings of modern society, which are organised instead around ideas of nation state and capitalist economy.

Gurminder K. Bhambra and John Holmwood address this absence by examining the role of colonialism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509541292
• ISBN13: 9781509541294
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"