The Social Sciences in a Global Age: Decoding Knowledge Politics

The book explores the status and role of the social sciences in the current millennium, drawing inspiration from various theorists and examining the debates on the social science stream. It critically analyzes the knowledge politics of the global times and how the neoliberal project aligns and fuses economic conditionalities with professional cultural parameters of higher academia to constrain autonomy and weaken radical expressions in social science pedagogy and research. It asserts that the humanistic core of social sciences has the potential to resist acts of reducing knowledge to a monochromatic form and argues that the social science stream can challenge and resist hegemonic ambitions. The book also identifies and analyzes the contradictions, dilemmas, predicaments, and false steps of social scientists and avoids a reductive approach based on the "west versus non-west binary."

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book delves into the status and role of the social sciences in the contemporary millennium, drawing inspiration from a diverse range of theorists. It critically examines the central debates within the social science stream and assesses their relevance in our times, considering the backdrop of evolving state-market dialectics. Specifically, it scrutinizes the knowledge politics of the global era to expose how the neoliberal project harmonizes and blends steep economic conditionalities with professional cultural parameters of higher academia to constrain autonomy and weaken radical expressions in social science pedagogy and research. Asserting that the humanistic core of social sciences possesses the potential to resist the reduction of knowledge to a monochromatic form, the book argues that the social science stream can challenge and resist such hegemonic ambitions. Furthermore, it identifies and analyzes the contradictions, dilemmas, predicaments, and false steps of social scientists, avoiding a reductive approach based on the "west versus non-west binary."

The volume will appeal to scholars and researchers across the social sciences, particularly those interested in sociology/politics of knowledge, political theory, political sociology, and education. It offers valuable insights into the current state and future directions of the social sciences, contributing to the ongoing dialogue and debate within the field.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367626921