Writing Future Worlds

An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios

AvUlf Hannerz

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

A number of these key concepts—‘the end of history,’ ‘the clash of civilizations,’ ‘the coming anarchy,’ ‘the world is flat,’ ‘soft power,’ ‘the post-American century’—suggest what could become characteristic of this new, interconnected world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:401 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Antal sidor:295
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319706276

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Ulf Hannerz is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. A former Chair of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, he has taught at American, European, Asian, and Australian universities, and has carried out field studies in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States, as well as a multi-site study of the work of news media foreign correspondents.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: Atlantis and 1984.- 1. The "One Big Thing” Quintet & Co.- 2. When pundits go global.- 3. Playing with maps.- 4. Side shows: Eurabia, MexAmerica.- 5. Reporting from the future.- 6. Contemporary habitats of meaning.- 7. Culture: between XL and S.- 8. Soft power.- 9. Scenarios from everywhere.