BEYOND CENTER PERIPHERY DICHOTOMY: SOCIOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL ERA
This article presents an over-view of the paths of sociology in times of change in a globalized world. Looking at the four-year period from the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, in Yo-kohama, to the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, in Toronto, it is possible to argue that sociology is going global and growing stronger each day. The paper stresses the importance of comparative analysis, the integration of theory and method, and the defense of Sociology as a scientiﬁc and academic ﬁeld. The major question is how to keep on the move during times of profound geopolit-ical and geo-economic transformations and what is the place of Sociology in the global era. Hereupon we address the de-bate about sociological research in the 21st century considering the challenges and possibilities open to our academic ﬁeld. We also analyze the contribution to sociological analysis of Latin-American and the BRICS sociologies who bring in perspectives that can go beyond the theories developed by early industrial-ized countries or, as they are called here, central countries