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This penetrating book re-examines t̀he project of modernity'. It seeks to oppose the abstract, idealized vision of modernity with an alternative èthnographic' understanding. The book defends an approach to modernity that situates it as embedded in particular and historical contexts. It ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kahn, Joel S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001.
Colección:Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Temas:
Marginality, Social.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Marginality, Social
Sociology > Philosophy
Ausschluss
Gesellschaft
Marginalität
Moderne
Moderniteit.
Uitsluiting.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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