Résumé

This book investigates modern global civilization, offering an alternative to post-colonial theories and the "multiple modernities" approach (as well as the civilizational theory linked to it). It argues that modernity has become a global civilization that is heterogeneous and intertwined with other civilizations, and also aims at a renewal of critical theory that is not US-centric and Eurocentric, focusing instead on China, South Asia (India) and Latin America (Brazil). Dealing with the themes of centre-periphery relations, complexity (including culture and religion), democracy and emancipatory possibilities, this book is based on general theoretical ideas such as collective subjectivity, the interplay of memory and creativity, and the concept of "modernizing moves," so as to deal with historical contingency.

Détails de l'édition

ISBN-13: 9780415806947
ISBN-10: 0415806941
EAN: 9780415806947
Éditeur: Routledge (New York)
Date de publication: 1 janvier 2012
Langue: en
Pages: 273
Dimensions: 24 cm

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