Debating civilisations

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.

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

Part I: Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis1 Civilisations debated: uses and critiques of 'civilisation'2 Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis3 Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues4 Inter-civilisational engagement: imaginaries, power, connected worldsPart II: Studies in inter-civilisational engagement5 Salt water horizons: seas, oceans and civilisations6 Pacific imaginaries: ontologies of connection, reconstruction of memory7 Engagement in the cross-currents of history: perspectives on civilisation in Latin America8 Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation9 ConclusionIndex