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Sociology between Yesterday and Tomorrow*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

W. F. Wertheim
W. F. Wertheim
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University of Amsterdam
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My original idea was to discuss, in the group of sociologists from different Asian countries, the applicability of Western sociological concepts in an Asian environment. After thinking it over, I decided to tackle the problem the other way around and to ask myself to what extent a sociological study of Asian societies could contribute to general sociological theory, and perhaps even to a deeper understanding of Western society. As a matter of fact, such an approach will automatically amount to a better understanding of some of the defects, lags, and gaps in general sociological theory, as current in some of the literature.

Type
Sociology in Asia and the West
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , January 1967 , pp. 180 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1967

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