ABSTRACT
There is a theoretical pathology of Eurocentrism and ethnocentrism in our modes of thinking, being and theorizing, and we can cultivate social healing as a way of healing such pathologies. In this chapter, I explore this in terms of theorizing Asian conditions going beyond the pathological dualism between Eurocentrism and ethnocentrism. Asia is not a predefined fixity; Asia is a journey of co-realizations and pluralizations. Similarly social theory is not unitary; it is a plural process of reflection on the dynamics of self, culture and society. But much of social theory as it rules in the academic corridors of Europe, Asia and the world is Eurocentric. But now there is an epochal need for realizing social theories as parts of planetary conversations. This chapter explores such pathways.
