Which of the following statements is NOT one of the main criticisms that postcolonial thinkers make of mainstream sociology?

1. A Option A: The sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies
2. B Option B: Standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in shaping modern societies
3. C Option C: The sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing
4. D Option D: Sociology has described Western societies as developed or modern in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferiors

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