Global Orders & CivilizationsAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Monday 20 July 2009
Description
The explosion of new themes and working areas in social sciences in the aftermath of the Cold-War stimulated the cultural turn of the previous decades and strengthened the position of the notion of civilisation as a unit of analysis and locus of academic debate in the fields of history, philosophy, sociology, political science, and international relations. Given the fabricated and standardised nature of recent literature on political, economic and socio-cultural aspects of globalisation, it is crystal clear that historically and philosophically enlightened works written from the perspective of civilisational transformation will provide the much needed sophistication to conventional social science analyses trying to elucidate the organising principles of the global order. This novel collection represents a path-breaking work in the field of global/civilisational studies by constituting an interdisciplinary and theoretically-informed platform on which complex debates on the political, economic, socio-cultural, philosophical and ecological aspects of the global order could be conducted. The editors, Sadyk Ünay and Muzaffer _enel, managed to gather a truly original collection of articles from some of the leading authorities and promising academics on the theme of global orders with special reference to a civilisation transformation covering a wide spectrum in time and space from Antique Greece to the Islamic World, from Europe to the US and from East Asian history to current globalisations. Contributions rooted in the disciplines of history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political science and global political economy are craftsmanly combined to give the reader a holistic vision towards the possibility of multiple civilisational experiments and global orders. This book which boldly endeavours to transcend narrow boundaries of conventional academic approaches and Western-centric prejudices in various branches of social sciences will be a must-read for students of globalisation, cultural studies and macro-history.
You may also like ...
by
Hardback
20 Jul 2009
Globalization
€114.65
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
14 Oct 2024
Regional / International studies
€157.95
by
Hardback
24 Sep 2023
Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries
€233.99
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
02 Jun 2023
Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration
€128.69
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews