UID:
almafu_9958346346702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (216 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781526105295
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1526105292
Inhalt:
Debating civilisations offers an up-to-date evaluation of the re-emerging field of civilisational analysis, tracing its main currents and comparing it to rival paradigms such as Marxism, globalisation theory and postcolonial sociology. The book suggests that civilisational analysis offers an alternative approach to understanding globalisation, one that focuses on the dense engagement of societies, cultures, empires and civilisations in human history. Building on Castoriadis’s theory of social imaginaries, it argues that civilisations are best understood as the products of routine contacts and connections carried out by anonymous actors over the course of long periods of time. It illustrates this argument through case studies of modern Japan, the Pacific and post-Conquest Latin America (including the revival of indigenous civilisations), exploring discourses of civilisation outside the West within the context of growing Western imperial power.
Anmerkung:
First published: 2017.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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Part I Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis --
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1 Civilisations debated --
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2 Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis --
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3 Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues --
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4 Inter- civilisational engagement --
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Part II Studies in inter-civilisational engagement --
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5 Saltwater horizons --
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6 Pacific imaginaries --
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7 Engagement in the cross- currents of history --
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8 Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation --
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9 Conclusion --
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References --
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Index
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Also available in print form.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781526105301
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1526105306
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781526105318
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1526105314
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.7765/9781526105318
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