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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452353303321

Autore

Cassano Franco <1943->

Titolo

Southern thought and other essays on the Mediterranean [[electronic resource] /] / Franco Cassano ; edited and translated by Norma Bouchard and Valerio Ferme

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8232-5364-3

0-8232-4175-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BouchardNorma <1960->

FermeValerio <1961->

Disciplina

909/.09822

Soggetti

Thought and thinking - Europe, Southern

Thought and thinking - Mediterranean Region

Electronic books.

Europe, Southern Social life and customs

Mediterranean Region Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Mediterranean -- pt. 2. Homo currens -- pt. 3. The friction of thought -- pt. 4. Other essays on the Mediterranean.

Sommario/riassunto

Ranging between the fields of sociology, political science philosophy, cultural anthropology & literature, this volume offers a critique of normative models of modernisation derived from Eurocentric & North Atlantic paradigms, claiming that autonomous paths to modernity exist in the Mediterranean & the so-called Global Souths.