Debating civilisations : interrogating civilisational analysis in a global age /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, Jeremy, 1966- (Author)
Published: Manchester University Press,
Publisher Address: Manchester :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vii, 205 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-203) and index.
ISBN: 9781526105288
1526105284
9781526105295
1526105292
Index Number: CB19
CLC: K103
Call Number: K103/S651
Contents: Part I. Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis. Civilisations debated : uses and critiques of 'civilisation' -- Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis -- Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues -- Inter-civilisational engagement : imaginaries, power, connected worlds -- Part II. Studies in inter-civilisational engagement. Salt water horizons : seas, oceans and civilisations -- Pacific imaginaries : ontologies of connection, reconstruction of memory -- Engagement in the cross-currents of history : perspectives on civilisation in Latin America -- Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation -- Conclusion.