Counter hegemonic currents and internationalization of sociology. Theoretical reflections and one empirical example

• Published in: International Sociology
• Main Author: Keim, Wiebke
• Other Authors: Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe (SAGE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: sociological theory; history of sociology; globalization; counterhegemony; sociology of the social sciences; scipo; socio; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580909351324; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01077325/file/Keim_2011_IS.pdf; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01077325

International audience This article deals with the position of the Southern sociologies within thediscipline. The role and presence of local, national and regional scholarlycommunities has been widely reflected on in the context of the discussion aroundinternationalization or globalization of the discipline. Thus, a variety of critiquesof ‘Eurocentrism’, or more precisely, ‘North Atlantic domination’, have arisen inrecent years that can be strengthened by empirical evidence of strong inequalitiesand distorted communication mechanisms within sociology at an internationallevel. What has been largely missing so far is the demonstration of viable alternativesto North Atlantic domination, as well as enquiries into the conditions of theiremergence. This article offers a different perspective by highlighting counterhegemoniccurrents emerging out of the South despite the peripheral position, i.e. bydrawing attention towards challenging scholarly communities and their outputthat have not received much, if any, attention in the discussions so far.