Modernity and exclusion /
This penetrating book re-examines the project of modernity'. It seeks to oppose the abstract, idealized vision of modernity with an alternative ethnographic' understanding. The book defends an approach to modernity that situates it as embedded in particular and historical contexts. It ex...
Основен автор: | Kahn, Joel S. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
2001.
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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.