Jeremy C A Smith

Debating Civilisations

Interrogating Civilisational Analysis in a Global Age. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 216 Seiten
ISBN 1526105292
EAN 9781526105295
Veröffentlicht Juni 2017
Verlag/Hersteller Lund University Press
41,50 inkl. MwSt.
Lieferbar innerhalb von 2 Wochen (Versand mit Deutscher Post/DHL)
Teilen
Beschreibung

In Debating civilisations, Jeremy Smith 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. He suggests that civilisational analysis offers an alternative approach to understanding globalisation, focusing on the dense engagement of societies, cultures, empires and civilisations in human history. Building on Castoriadis's theory of social imaginaries, he argues that civilisations are best understood as creations made from routine contacts and connections carried out by anonymous actors over the course of long periods of time. He 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.

Portrait

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

Das könnte Sie auch interessieren