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Civilizations in Dispute
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ISBN: 9789004405424 9789004132825 Year: 2003 Publisher: Leiden;Boston BRILL

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The growing interest in civilizations, both on the level of political controversy ("the clash of civilizations") and in the context of scholarly debates, calls for more theoretical reflection on the problems and perspectives central to this field of social inquiry. This book contains the first systematical and critical survey of classical and contemporary approaches to comparative civilizational analysis; it goes on to outline a theoretical model that draws on the work of historical sociologists as well as on comparative cultural and intellectual history. Civilizations are analyzed as multi-dimensional formations, with particular emphasis on cultural orientations, but also on the autonomous dynamics of political and economic institutions. The last chapter applies this line of argument to questions raised by critics of Eurocentrism and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of postcolonial theory.

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Eurasian Transformations, Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries
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ISBN: 9789047414674 9789004143104 Year: 2004 Publisher: Leiden;Boston BRILL

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This volume which also appeared as a special issue of Medieval Encounters deals with transformations of the major Eurasian civilizations in the early second millennium CE, and with the question of contrasts, parallels and connections between the different trajectories that took shape during this period. An introductory section discusses the theoretical problems of comparative analysis, with particular reference to formative phases of cultural crystallization. The first main thematic section focuses on European developments. The emergence of Western Christendom as a distinctive civilization is analyzed in a broader Eurasian context. Other contributions examine the Europeanization of northern and eastern peripheries, as well as the different course of events in the Byzantine world. The last section covers socio-cultural changes in non-European regions - the Islamic world, India, China and Japan - and concludes with a discussion of the Eurasian empire created by the Mongols. With contributions by Thomas Lindkvist; Sverre Bagge; Paul Jakov Smith; Paul Stephenson; Mikael Adolphson; Dr. Michal Biran; Said A. Arjomand; Gábor Klaniczay; R. I. Moore; Sheldon Pollock.


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European Integration
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ISBN: 9781474455916 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh

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European Integration : Historical Trajectories, Geopolitical Contexts
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ISBN: 9781474455916 9781474455893 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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Explorations in Economic Anthropology

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Explorations in Economic Anthropology : Key Issues and Critical Reflections

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Economics

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