Modernization theory repackaged Orientalist racism in social-science guise

Evidence

However, it has been argued by some social scientists that both Marx’s notion of the “Asiatic” mode of production and Weber’s “patrimonial” form of domination contain traces of, or have been deeply penetrated by, “Orientalist” assumptions. Or, to put it in our terms, both models provide evidence that the discourse of “the West and the Rest” is still at work in some of the conceptual categories, the stark oppositions and the theoretical dualisms of modern sociology. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 675 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modernization theory pathologized non-Western societies as internally deficient — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 248; Modernization theory pathologized Middle Eastern people as lacking empathy — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 250; The West-civilizes-the-Eastern-despot claim chains climate theory through Orientalism to modernization theory (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Modernization theory masked empire despite claiming objective social science #corroborates (0.90)
• The Orientals-cannot-self-govern claim runs from Oriental despotism through modernization theory #corroborates (0.88)
• Sociological categories can smuggle Orientalist assumptions into canonical theory #corroborates (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 675
• Western social science assumed modernity would dissolve ethnic identity into citizenship #expands (0.80)