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The epilogue argues that looking at sociological theory through the lens of Eurocentrism and Androcentrism has drawn attention to neglected social thinkers and theorists – male and female, Western and non-Western. The chapters in the volume have demonstrated that the tapestry of contributions to social thought and theorizing is multifaceted. The aim has been to expand the playing field rather than restrict it to generate yet another ‘must read’ list of thinkers and theorists. The objective is more about opening the door to a serious consideration of a larger pool of potential contributors to sociological theorizing in addition to existing names. There are no doubt numerous others like Martineau, Rizal, Sarkar, men and women, located in different societal contexts – European and non-European – and time frames whose contributions and insights for sociological theorizing have for too long gone unnoticed in narrating a history of the discipline.
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Syed Farid Alatas, Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism (Delhi: Sage, 2006), 82.
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Alatas, S.F., Sinha, V. (2017). Epilogue. In: Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-41134-1_12
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