Stephen Feuchtwang, Michael Rowlands

Civilisation Recast

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Civilisation is a debated concept. Is it indelibly associated with the prerogatives of the 'West', colonial histories or, as is emerging, a new global politics? How do we understand these new forms of identity politics and claims to possessing long-term histories? The book is intended for courses in humanities and social science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781108484343
• ISBN-10: 1108484344
• Artikelnr.: 56711927

Autorenporträt

Stephen Feuchtwang is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of several books on China, including The Imperial Metaphor (1991) and After the Event (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Civilisation: a critical and constructive review
2. Civilisation in this book
3. Long-term traditions of food, substance and sacrifice: interpreting cultures of ingestion in West, South and East Asia
4. Neolithicities: from Africa to Eurasia and beyond
5. Ancestors, civilisation and hierarchy
some comparisons from Africa
6. Civilisation in China
7. Civilisation and the government of 'civilisation' in contemporary China
8. Conclusion.