Debating civilisations : interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Jeremy, 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:	Manchester Political Studies
Subjects:	Civilization > Philosophy. Comparative civilization. Cultural pluralism. Intercultural communication. Cultural Diversity Civilisation > Philosophie. Civilisation comparée. Diversité culturelle. Society and anthropology. Society and social sciences. POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Diplomacy. Civilization > Philosophy Comparative civilization Cultural pluralism Intercultural communication Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy. indigenous civilisations civilisations power imaginaries cornelius castoriadis civilisational analysis Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Part I: Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis
1. Civilisations debated: uses and critiques of 'civilisation'
2. Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis
3. Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues
4. Inter-civilisational engagement: imaginaries, power, connected worlds
Part II: Studies in inter-civilisational engagement
5. Salt water horizons: seas, oceans and civilisations
6. Pacific imaginaries: ontologies of connection, reconstruction of memory
7. Engagement in the cross-currents of history: perspectives on civilisation in Latin America
8. Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation
9. Conclusion
Index.