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Modernity and exclusion /

This penetrating book re-examines t€he project of modernity'. It seeks to oppose the abstract, idealized vision of modernity with an alternative e€thnographic' understanding. The book defends an approach to modernity that situates it as embedded in particular and historical contexts. It ex...

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Основен автор: Kahn, Joel S.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2001.
Серия: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=268639
Подобни документи: Print version:: Modernity and exclusion.
Съдържание:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 MODERNITY AND ITS OTHERS: UNIVERSAL IDEALS AND PARTICULAR OUTCOMES; 2 NATURALISING DIFFERENCE: CIVILISATION AND THE PRIMITIVE IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION; 3 AMERICAN MODERN: ALIENS, DESPOTS AND THE REPUBLIC; 4 CIVILISATIONAL VIRTUES IN THE MALAY KAMPONG; 5 ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER: MODERNISM AND RACISM; REFERENCES; INDEX.