{"product_id":"a-critical-synergy-race-decoloniality-and-world-crises-paperback","title":"A Critical Synergy: Race, Decoloniality, and World Crises - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAli Meghji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractitioners of decolonial theory and critical race theory (CRT) often use one or the other, but not both. In his provocative book, \u003ci\u003eA Critical Synergy\u003c\/i\u003e, Ali Meghji suggests using the two theories in tandem rather than attempting to hierarchize or synthesize them. Doing so allows for the study of social phenomena in a way that captures their global and historical roots, while acknowledging their local, national, and contemporary particularities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The differences between decolonial thought and CRT, Meghji insists, does not necessarily imply one approach is stronger. Rather, he asserts, they often provide alternative but not incompatible viewpoints of the same social problem. Meghji presents case studies of capitalism, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, and twenty-first-century far-right populism to show that with both theories, we can understand more, as insights may be lost by using only one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meghji is not calling for a universal theoretical synthesis in \u003ci\u003eA Critical Synergy\u003c\/i\u003e, but rather a practice that can help open sociology and social science to the tradition of pluriversality much more broadly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Meghji\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Social Inequalities in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Racialized Social System: Critical Race Theory as Social Theory, Decolonizing Sociology: An Introduction, and Black Middle-Class Britannia: Identities, Repertoires, Cultural Consumption\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155354095751,"sku":"9781439922071","price":40.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/43d324bcb923d35722944d3d41090b0a.webp?v=1733235319","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-critical-synergy-race-decoloniality-and-world-crises-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}