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Through a glass, darkly : blurred images of cultural tradition and modernity over distance and time /

The question this text addresses is whether our images of cultural tradition and modernity in East and West, in past and present, are so blurred that we look at them as through a glass, darkly? The contributors argue for greater understanding and communication between cultures.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Arts, Wilhelmus Antonius, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston, MA : Brill, 2000.
Series:International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 75.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Through a Glass, Darkly: An Introductory Essay; Beyond Melancholy and Before Utopia: A Plea for a Boring World; Experience and Expectations of the East; Global Expectations, Local Experiences: Non-Western Modernities; The Visual Arts Today: Experiences and Expectations; Old Virtues and Vices as Icons of a New Morality; Pursuing the Spirit of the Laws: An Epilogue; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX