Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization
Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory
1st Edition
Published on 26. September 2011
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-0-415-80694-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates modern global civilization, offering an alternative to post-colonial theories and the "multiple modernities" approach (as well as the civilizational theory linked to it). It argues that modernity has become a global civilization that is heterogeneous and intertwined with other civilizations, and also aims at a renewal of critical theory that is not US-centric and Eurocentric, focusing instead on China, South Asia (India) and Latin America (Brazil). Dealing with the themes of centre-periphery relations, complexity (including culture and religion), democracy and emancipatory possibilities, this book is based on general theoretical ideas such as collective subjectivity, the interplay of memory and creativity, and the concept of "modernizing moves," so as to deal with historical contingency.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen
3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-80694-7 (9780415806947)
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Jose Mauricio Domingues
Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization
Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory
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07/2013
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Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization
Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory
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07/2013
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Routledge
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Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization
Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory
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Jose Mauricio Domingues holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is Professor at the Institute for Political and Social Studies of Rio de Janeiro State University (IESP-UERJ).
Content
General Introduction Part 1: Critical Theory and Modern Civilization 1. Apogee, Limits and Renewal of Critical Theory 2. Civilization and Modernity Part 2: Polarized Flexible Accumulation in an Unequal World Part 2 Introduction 3. China Takes Off: The East Asian Experience 4. Latin America: Slipping Back to the Past? 5. India In and Out of South Asia: Dreams and Illusions. Part 2 Conclusion Part 3: Complexity and Re-Embeddings, Solidarity and Abstractions Part 3 Introduction 6. India, Indic Civilization and Social Complexity: The Radical Case 7. China: Homogeneity and Post-Communist Pluralization 8. Latin America, the West and Complexity. Part 3 Conclusion Part 4: Democracy and the Persistence of Domination Part 4 Introduction 9. The Latin American Molecular Democratic Revolution 10. India as a Mass Democracy 11. China and the Multilayered Dictatorship. Part 4 Conclusion. Final Words.