Under Western Eyes? Elements for a Transnational and International History of Sociology in Asia (1960s–1980s)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Dufoix
Keyword(s):  
History Of Sociology ◽  
International History ◽  
History Of

An Introduction to the History of Sociology. Harry Elmer Barnes

1951 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-171
Author(s):  
Harold Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
History Of Sociology ◽  
History Of

A Short History of Sociology. Heinz Maus

1964 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-86
Author(s):  
Eugen Weber
Keyword(s):  
Short History ◽  
History Of Sociology ◽  
History Of

Pierre Bourdieu, the ‘cultural turn’ and the practice of international history

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER JACKSON
Keyword(s):  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
International History ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
Structural Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Actors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Turn

AbstractThe rise of the ‘cultural turn’ has breathed new life into the practice of international history over the past few decades. Cultural approaches have both broadened and deepened interpretations of the history of international relations. This article focuses on the use of culture as an explanatory methodology in the study of international history. It outlines the two central criticisms often made of this approach. The first is that it suffers from a lack of analytical rigour in both defining what culture is and understanding how it shapes individual and collective policy decisions. The second is that it too often leads to a tendency to exaggerate the importance of the cultural predispositions of individual or collective actors at the expense of the wider structures within which policymaking takes place. The article provides a brief outline of the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu – which focuses on the interaction between the cultural orientations of social actors and the structural environment that conditions their strategies and decisions. It then argues that Bourdieu’s conceptual framework can provide the basis for a more systematic approach to understanding the cultural roots of policymaking and that international historians would benefit from engagement with his approach.

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