For a postcolonial sociology

Go, Julian

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“…The second step in fulfilling the promise of fourth generation approaches is to move beyond the 'analytical bifurcation' (Go 2013) (Parsa 2000: 7, 21). In Parsa's account, therefore, 'state vulnerability' provided the structural precondition for the emergence of a revolutionary situation.…”

Section: Relational Social Actionmentioning

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Within and Beyond the “Fourth Generation” of Revolutionary Theory

Lawson

2016

Sociological Theory

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Within and Beyond the 'Fourth Generation' of Revolutionary TheoryRecent years have seen renewed interest in the study of revolutions. Yet the burgeoning interest in revolutionary events has not been matched by a comparable interest in the development of revolutionary theory. For the most part, empirical studies of revolutions remain contained within the parameters established by the 'fourth generation' of revolutionary theory. This body of work sees revolutions as conjunctural amalgams of systemic crisis, structural opening, and collective action, which arise from the intersection of international, economic, political, and symbolic factors. Despite the promise of this approach, this article argues that fourth generation scholarship remains an unfulfilled agenda. The aim of this article is to work within -and beyond -fourth generation theory in order to establish the theoretical foundations that can underpin contemporary work on revolutions. It does so in three ways: first, by promoting a shift from an attributional to a processual ontology; second, by advocating a relational rather than substantialist account of social action; and third, by fostering an approach that sees revolutions as inter-societal 'all the way down'. 1The (unfulfilled) promise of fourth generation theory 2 Recent years have seen renewed interest in the study of revolution (e.g. Chenoweth and Stephan 2011;Goldstone 2011Goldstone , 2014Nepstad 2011;Beck , 2014Beck , 2015Colgan, 2012Colgan, , 2013 Weyland 2012;Beissinger 2014;Lawson 2015a and2015b;Ritter 2015).Spurred by events such as the 2011 uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the Maidan movement in Ukraine, and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, these studies have largely sought to analyze contemporary protest movements from within the framework established by 'fourth generation' approaches to revolution (Foran 1993;Goldstone 2001). Fourth generation approaches see revolutions as conjunctural amalgams of systemic crisis, structural opening, and collective action, which arise from an intersection of international, economic, political, and symbolic factors (Foran 1993: 10-17; Goldstone 2001: 175-6; Lawson 2004: 70-6; Ritter 2015: 12). Although, as highlighted below, such an approach offers a number of improvements on previous generations of revolutionary theory, this article argues that fourth generation accounts remain an unfulfilled agenda. In many respects, rather than provide a new theoretical foundation for the study of revolutions, fourth generation approaches have been 'additive' in terms of the factors they survey and the universe of cases they examine (Foran 1993: 17). The aim of this article is to extend the insights offered by fourth generation approaches in order to provide more robust theoretical foundations for the study of contemporary revolutionary episodes.The argument unfolds in three main sections. First, the article unpacks four generations of revolutionary theory. The idea that there has been a generational evolution in the study of revolution can foster an over...

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Section: Relational Social Actionmentioning

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Within and Beyond the “Fourth Generation” of Revolutionary Theory

Lawson

2016

Sociological Theory

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“…First, it indicates that revolutionary theory contains a blindspot, one shared with many other areas of the social sciences, which prevents it from addressing the constitutive role played by 'backward' places in more 'advanced' polities (Go 2013;Shilliam 2008). Much of the modern academy is oriented towards histories and theories based on the experiences of the 'core', whether such accounts are laudatory or critical.…”

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Revolutions and the international

Lawson

2015

Theor Soc

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Although contemporary theorists of revolution usually claim to be incorporating international dynamics in their analysis, 'the international' remains a residual feature of revolutionary theory. For the most part, international processes are seen either as the facilitating context for revolutions or as the dependent outcome of revolutions. The result is an analytical bifurcation between international and domestic in which the former serves as the backdrop to the latter's causal agency. This paper demonstrates the benefits of a fuller engagement between revolutionary theory and 'the international'. It does so in three steps: first, the paper examines the ways in which contemporary revolutionary theory apprehends 'the international'; second, it lays out the descriptive and analytical advantages of an 'intersocietal' approach; and third, it traces the ways in which international dynamics help to constitute revolutionary situations, trajectories, and outcomes. In this way, revolutions are understood as 'intersocietal' all the way down.

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“…La cuestión del eurocentrismo se ha planteado no solo como consecuencia de las críticas poscoloniales al cosmopolitismo occidental (Mignolo 2000;Mendieta 2009; Van der Veer 2002), sino también debido a la insatisfacción de algunos autores como Chris Rumford con la centralidad que se le atribuye a Europa en un proyecto cosmopolita o, en sus palabras, "con el deseo de instalar el cosmopolitismo como la 'gran idea' de Europa", que él percibe de manera más evidente en la obra de Habermas (2007: 3). Contribuciones recientes a este debate también han subrayado la relevancia de los cosmopolitismos no occidentales, como por ejemplo el cosmopolitismo poscolonial de Fanon (Go 2012). La traducción aparece en este contexto como una instancia crucial que permite una aproximación a las relaciones existentes entre tradiciones culturales distintas, tanto si se subraya la interconexión entre espacios, historias y tradiciones (Go 2012;Bhambra 2014) como si, desde un enfoque alternativo, se cuestiona la idea de la modernidad como una condición que simplemente se expande de occidente al resto del mundo y se reconoce la existencia e interacción entre diferentes formas de modernidad o modernidades múltiples (Eisenstadt 2000;Wagner 2011Wagner y 2012 en la formulación de un concepto de modernidad cosmopolita (Beck y Grande 2010).…”

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“…Contribuciones recientes a este debate también han subrayado la relevancia de los cosmopolitismos no occidentales, como por ejemplo el cosmopolitismo poscolonial de Fanon (Go 2012). La traducción aparece en este contexto como una instancia crucial que permite una aproximación a las relaciones existentes entre tradiciones culturales distintas, tanto si se subraya la interconexión entre espacios, historias y tradiciones (Go 2012;Bhambra 2014) como si, desde un enfoque alternativo, se cuestiona la idea de la modernidad como una condición que simplemente se expande de occidente al resto del mundo y se reconoce la existencia e interacción entre diferentes formas de modernidad o modernidades múltiples (Eisenstadt 2000;Wagner 2011Wagner y 2012 en la formulación de un concepto de modernidad cosmopolita (Beck y Grande 2010). Sin embargo, hasta ahora la literatura sociológica no ha explorado la relevancia de una política de la traducción y ha ignorado en gran parte la importancia central de las interconexiones lingüísticas en todo proyecto cosmopolita.…”

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Cosmopolitismo y política de la traducción

Bielsa

Aguilera

2017

Rev. int. sociol.

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La traducción tiene una relevancia central en las teorías recientes sobre el cosmopolitismo que subrayan la interdependencia global y la interacción entre culturas y tradiciones distintas. En este contexto, es necesario formular una política de la traducción que cuestione algunos presupuestos idealistas sobre la traducción presentes en la literatura sociológica, que especifique la traducción como un acto fundamentalmente etnocéntrico y que proponga estrategias relevantes para enfrentarse a este etnocentrismo y para abrir la traducción a la diferencia del otro. Esta política consiste en la extensión de una ética de la traducción basada en la hospitalidad lingüística, de modo que permita plantear conflictos, asimetrías y desigualdades culturales a un nivel social más amplio y buscar respuestas políticas y normativas al respecto en una dirección cosmopolita. Desde esta perspectiva, también se aborda la relevancia de una política de la traducción como alternativa a una política de la identidad.

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For a postcolonial sociology

Cited by 203 publications

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Within and Beyond the “Fourth Generation” of Revolutionary Theory

Within and Beyond the “Fourth Generation” of Revolutionary Theory

Revolutions and the international

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