Sociology of Rationality

<p>This book is a socio-historical analysis of rationalism as a world view – that guides many of our actions in concrete everyday life – and as a philosophy – that guides our epistemological understanding of the reality around us. It explores the multifaceted manifestations of the idea in the Enlightenment philosophy modern sociological theorising and post-structural standpoints. The volume also critiques rationality from feminist subaltern and postcolonial perspectives. Finally it delves into the multi-layered sociological significances of rationalisation of different domains of life. </p><p>Transdisciplinary in scope and with essays by foremost scholars in the field this volume will be a major intervention across the humanities and the social sciences. It will be of interest to students and researchers in sociology anthropology history philosophy gender studies political science cultural anthropology education and religious studies.</p>