Global Historical Sociology: Theoretical and Methodological Issues – an Introduction

The ongoing collective effort to turn historical sociology into a globally oriented research
programme implies a profound reconsideration of tis conceptual and terminological premises,
as well as a constant critical gaze over the colonial geopolitics of knowledge sociological thinking
draws legitimation from. Three strategies are here discussed, drawn from, but not limited to, the
contributions to this special issue: canonization, re-signification and re-conceptualization.