Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization

Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory

AvJosé Maurício Domingues

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-05-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415848718

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

José Maurício 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).

Innehållsförteckning

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.