Jeremy C. A. Smith

Debating civilisations

Interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781526105288
• ISBN-10: 1526105284
• Artikelnr.: 47877987

Autorenporträt

Jeremy C. A. Smith is Deputy Head of the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Federation University Australia, Victoria

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis 1 Civilisations
debated: uses and critiques of 'civilisation' 2 Currents and perspectives
in contemporary civilisational analysis 3 Counterpoints, critiques,
dialogues 4 Inter-civilisational engagement: imaginaries, power, connected
worlds Part II: Studies in inter-civilisational engagement 5 Salt water
horizons: seas, oceans and civilisations 6 Pacific imaginaries: ontologies
of connection, reconstruction of memory 7 Engagement in the cross-currents
of history: perspectives on civilisation in Latin America 8 Japan in
engagement and the discourses of civilisation 9 Conclusion Index