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UNINA9910454310203321 |
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Autore |
Kahn Joel S |
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Titolo |
Modernity and exclusion [[electronic resource] /] / Joel S. Kahn |
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ISBN |
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1-4462-7903-0 |
1-4462-3302-2 |
1-282-02057-9 |
9786612020575 |
1-84920-251-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Modern |
Marginality, Social |
Racism |
East and West |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University"--t.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 MODERNITY AND ITS OTHERS: UNIVERSAL IDEALS AND PARTICULAR OUTCOMES; 2 NATURALISING DIFFERENCE: CIVILISATION AND THE PRIMITIVE IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION; 3 AMERICAN MODERN: ALIENS, DESPOTS AND THE REPUBLIC; 4 CIVILISATIONAL VIRTUES IN THE MALAY KAMPONG; 5 ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER: MODERNISM AND RACISM; REFERENCES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text re-examines the project of modernity by opposing the abstract, idealized vision of modernity with an alternative ethnographic understanding. The book draws out the specific cultural and religious assumptions underlying popular modernism. |
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