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Debating civilisations: Interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | Manchester : Manchester University Press |
| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
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| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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| Contents | Part I: Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis. Civilisations debated : uses and critiques of 'civilisation' Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues Inter-civilisational engagement : imaginaries, power, connected worlds Part II: Studies in inter-civilisational engagement. Salt water horizons : seas, oceans and civilisations Pacific imaginaries : ontologies of connection, reconstruction of memory Engagement in the cross-currents of history : perspectives on civilisation in Latin America Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation Conclusion |
| Notes | 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 Open Access English Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index |
| Authors | *Smith, Jeremy C. A. |
| Subjects | BSH:Electronic books FREE:Civilisational analysis FREE:Civilisations FREE:Cornelius Castoriadis FREE:Imaginaries FREE:Indigenous civilisations FREE:Power LCSH:Civilization -- Philosophy All Subject Search LCSH:Comparative civilization LCSH:Intercultural communication LCSH:Cultural pluralism FREE:Comparative politics FREE:Political science and theory FREE:Politics and government FREE:Society and social sciences Society and social sciences FREE:Sociology and anthropology BISACSH:HISTORY -- World All Subject Search FREE:Civilization -- Philosophy All Subject Search FREE:Comparative civilization FREE:Cultural pluralism FREE:Intercultural communication |
| Classification | DC23:909 |
| ID | ED00003795 |
| ISBN | 9781526105318 |