Durkheim and the possible connections between social theory and colonialism

In this piece I explore how Bhambra and Holmwood’s Colonialism Modern Social Theory implies three different questions that can be asked concerning the connections between colonialism social theory. With reference to their discussion of Durkheim, suggest answers they offer these possible return us what Kurasawa termed ‘constitutive paradox’ Durkheim’s relation colonialism, namely a mix political acceptance while also questioning its ideological legitimacy. While exploring comments on race, state his own Jewishness, emphasise need for careful historical sociology which reckons with theory colonialism.