Abstract:
This paper reviews the recent literature in the field of social sciences in which the term “South” is regarded as a theoretical, methodological or epistemological alternative to the colonial effects of our disciplines. Analysing the books of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Reawyn Connell and Jean and John Comaroff it seeks to point out some of their fragilities and possible alternative paths for a sociology beyond the Euro-American tradition.
Keywords:
Southern sociology; Social theory; Modernity; Social thought; Alternative sociology