Sociology in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America: key figures (Continued. Beginning in the number 4 in 2013)

• Main Author: N. G. Osipova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Publishing House of Lomonosov Moscow State University 2014-03-01
• Series: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: Seriâ 18, Sociologiâ i Politologiâ
• Subjects: “незападная социология”; региональная автономия социологии; cоциологическая имитация; интеграция; адаптация; социология африканеров; концепции зависимого развития; “non-western sociology”; a regional autonomy of sociology; sociological imitation; integration; adaptation; sociology of afrikaners; the concepts of dependent development
• Online Access: https://vestnik.socio.msu.ru/jour/article/view/4
• ISSN: 1029-3736; 2541-8769

The paper examines the main trends and challenges in the development of sociology in Africa and Latin America. The author identifies a number of approaches in relation to the place, “non-Western sociology” in the system of modern sociological knowledge, as well as tries to identify the specific features of sociological knowledge in each area. Particular attention is given to creativity (works) of key sociologists in South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.