Debating civilisations: Interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age.
Smith, Jeremy C. A.
Debating civilisations: Interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.
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.
Open Access
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.
English.
9781526105318 1526105314 9781526126283 1526126281 9781526105301 1526105306
2017448057
Civilization--Philosophy.
Comparative civilization.
Intercultural communication.
Cultural pluralism.
Comparative politics.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
HISTORY--World.
Civilization--Philosophy.
Comparative civilization.
Cultural pluralism.
Intercultural communication.
Civilisational analysis Civilisations Cornelius Castoriadis Imaginaries Indigenous civilisations Power
Electronic books.
CB19 / .S555 2017eb
909
Debating civilisations: Interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.
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.
Open Access
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.
English.
9781526105318 1526105314 9781526126283 1526126281 9781526105301 1526105306
2017448057
Civilization--Philosophy.
Comparative civilization.
Intercultural communication.
Cultural pluralism.
Comparative politics.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
HISTORY--World.
Civilization--Philosophy.
Comparative civilization.
Cultural pluralism.
Intercultural communication.
Civilisational analysis Civilisations Cornelius Castoriadis Imaginaries Indigenous civilisations Power
Electronic books.
CB19 / .S555 2017eb
909