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Statement of responsibility: Jeremy C.A. Smith
ISBN: 1526105284, 1526105292, 1526105306, 1526105314, 9781526105288, 9781526105295, 9781526105301, 9781526105318
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Made available via: manchesterhive.
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Includes index.
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Description based on print record.
Language note:
In English.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
Series:
Manchester Political Studies
Subject:
Comparative civilization.; Politics & government International relations Diplomacy; Intercultural communication.; Society and anthropology.; Civilization Philosophy.; Cultural pluralism.; Society and social sciences
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Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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.