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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455249003321

Autore

Friedman Jonathan

Titolo

Cultural identity and global process [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1994

ISBN

0-8039-8638-6

1-283-87998-0

1-84860-912-4

0-585-36660-8

Descrizione fisica

viii, 270 p. : ill

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Culture

Group identity

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Civilization, Modern - 20th century

Ethnology - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[254]-263) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining ideas ranging from world systems theory to postmodernism, Jonathan Friedman investigates the relations between the global and the local, to show how cultural fragmentation and modernist homogenization are equally constitutive trends of global reality.