<p>"<i>Colonialism and Modern Social Theory</i> is essential reading for all sociologists, regardless of the stage they are in their careers. [...] Altogether, this book bears the hallmarks of a powerful decolonization project—it disrupts, destabilizes, and deconstructs the canonized European social theory."<br />—<b>Zophia Edwards, <i>Journal of Classical Sociology</i></b></p> <p>"Gurminder K. Bhambra and John Holmwood offer a stimulating and resourceful guide [...], setting forth a provocative approach in disrupting and radically reinterpreting dominant sociological understandings of modern world society."<br />—<b><i>Thesis Eleven</i></b></p> <p>"For Bhambra and Holmwood, colonialism is more than just another subject to be entrusted to a special subset of sociology to study. Rather, it forms the central context in which the discipline came about, which always engages in a bit of self-enlightenment when it deals with it. This is an elegant argument."<br />—<b><i>Soziopolis</i></b></p> <p>"This is a remarkably powerful book that supplies an eloquent, well-reasoned, and thorough account of how colonialism and empire are absent from sociology's current jurisdiction. Written by two outstanding sociologists, it is a nuanced and pertinent critique of the classical canon in modern social theory and an invitation to decolonize it."<br />—<b>Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut and President of the International Sociological Association</b></p> <p>"Bhambra and Holmwood analyse incisively how the elided colonial context of modern social theory has shaped and limited its purview, and that of western sociology. They provide a timely, provocative optic for engaging the unanticipated ethnoracial nationalist backlash to multicultural democracy."<br />—<b>Robert J. Antonio, University of Kansas</b></p>