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UNINA9910816212003321 |
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Autore |
Lal Vinay |
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Empire of knowledge : culture and plurality in the global economy / / Vinay Lal |
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London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2002 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Social history - 20th century |
Economic history - 20th century |
World politics - 20th century |
Equality |
Knowledge, Sociology of |
History - Philosophy |
Developed countries Relations Developing countries |
Developing countries Relations Developed countries |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index. |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Reckoning with the Millennium -- Monolithic Temporality -- Democratizing/ Pluralizing Temporality -- Keeping Watch on Time -- 2 Politics in Our Times -- Total Violence -- Decolonization -- Human Rights -- 3 Governance in the Twenty-First Century -- Democratic Totalitarianism: Requiem for the US -- Nations, But Far from United: Neanderthal Politics -- The Economic Imperium: The Era of the WTO -- 4 Modern Knowledge and its Categories -- The Violence of Development -- The Forgetfulness of History -- The Disciplinary Structure of Modern Knowledge -- 5 Ecology, Economy, Equality -- The Ecology of Equality: The Ecosystem of a Life -- The Economics of Inequality: Poverty and Wealth -- 6 Dissenting Futures -- Finite Games: Hostage to The Clash of Civilizations -- Infinite Games: Dissent in the Gandhian Mode -- The Civilizational Ethos and the Future of Dissent -- Postscript: 9-11, or The Terrorism That Has No Name -- So What's In a Date? -- Islamic Fundamentalism: So What's In a Name? -- Fundamentalisms: Family |
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Resemblances -- A Tale of Countries: The United States ( Revisited) and Afghanistan ( Discovered) -- Notes -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- POSTSCRIPT -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- academy -- 10 -- 154 -58 -- 171 -- 177 -- 200 -1 -- 222 n.34 -- superstars of 154 -6 -- Achebe, Chinua 30 -- Acheson Plan 85 -- acid rain 131 -- Adkins, Jenny 208 n.18 -- aerial bombing -- 1 -- 45 -- 47 -- 195 -6 -- Afghanistan -- 1 -- 6 -- 9 -- 15 -- 46 -- 69 -- 92 -- 187 -- 194 -- 196 -- 198 -201 -- 235 n.41 -- Africa -- 30 -- 53 -4 -- 85 -- 112 -- 148 -- 209 -- n. 25 -- n. 226 n.43 -- n. 227 n.44 -- n. 228 n.46 -- African Americans -- 69 -- 76 -- 95 -- 130 -- 212 n.52 -- 220 n.22 -- African National Congress [ANC] 90. |
Aggarwal, Anil 224 n.6 -- ahistoricism -- 14 -- 121 -2 -- 232 n.47 -- Aidid, Farah 88 -9 -- Akbar 26 -- Alberuni 31 -- Albright, Madeleine -- 3 -- 69 -- 168 -- alchemy 57 -8 -- Algeria -- 6 -- 17 -- allopathic medicine 58 -9 -- Alternatives [journal] 158 -9 -- American Medical Association [AMA] 58 -- American Way of Life -- 74 -- 190 -8 -- Americans -- 37 -- 47 -- 107 -- 148 -50 -- 183 -- 228 n.47 -- Amnesty International 70 -- anthropology -- 128 -30 -- 137 -- 152 -- anti-Semitism -- 63 -- 184 -5 -- apologies, epidemic of 67 -8 -- Appleby, Joyce 192 -- Aqua-Guard 136 -- Arens, William 219 n.16 -- Armenians -- 44 -- 48 -- Aron, Raymond 48 -- Augustine, St 5 -- automobile culture -- 39 -- 103 -5 -- Autopia 104 -- Ayodhya 120 -- Babri Masjid 120 -- baby food 99 -- Bahuguna, Sunderlal 139 -- Baker, James -- 79 -- 217 n.62 -- Bamiyan Buddhas 198 -- bananas -- 99 -- 217 n.70 -- Banham, Reyner 104 -- Bauman, Zygmunt -- 51 -- 109 -- Bayly, Christopher 209 n.27 -- Bell, Daniel 29 -- Bellah, Robert 213 n.12 -- Bengal 30 -- Benjamin, Walter -- 180 -- 184 -- 233 n.2 -- Bennett, William 191 -- Bentham, Jeremy 28 -- Bhabha, Homi -- 154 -5 -- 228 n.6 -- Biagioli, Mario 229 n.14 -- billionaires 146 -7 -- bin Laden, Osama -- 194 -5 -- 197 -- birthday 16 -17 -- Blair, Tony 191 -- Blake, William -- 57 -- 161 -- Bledstein, Burton 124 -- body 34 -6 -- Boer War -- 2 -- 45 -6 -- Bolivia 134 -- Bosnia -- 43 -- 89 -- breastfeeding 34 -5 -- Bretton Woods Conference 72 -- British Empire -- 2 -- 53 -4 -- 209 n.27 -- British Medical Association 58 -- Buddha 11 -- Burke, Edmund -- 140 -- 225 n.22 -- Burns, Robert 186 -- Bush, George Jr. -- Bush, George Jr 69 -- Bush, George Jr 185 -- Bush, George Jr 189 -91 -- Bush, George Jr 194 -- Bush, George Jr 196 -7 -- Bush, George Jr 212 n.5 -- Bush, George Jr 234 n.23 -- Bush, George Jr 234 n.26 -- Bush, George Jr 235 n.33. |
Bush, George S. -- Bush, George S 79 -80 -- Bush, George S 197 -- busy-ness -- 6 -- 18 -- Butler, Richard 86 -- Caesar, Julius -- 23 -- 28 -- calendars -- 5 -6 -- 16 -17 -- 22 -7 -- 185 -- 203 n.14 -- and zero 23 -4 -- Gregorian 6 -- Gregorian 16 -- Gregorian 22 -7 -- Gregorian 204 n.15 -- Jewish 25 -6 -- Cambodia -- 9 -- 44 -- 51 -- Canada 67 -- cannibalism -- 112 -- 219 n.16 -- capital punishment -- 69 -70 -- 130 -- 213 n.5 -- capitalism 42 -3 -- Carse, James -- 12 -- 174 -- 179 -- 227 n.43 -- century -- 5 -- 16 -- Chagnon, Napoleon 128 -- Chakrabarty, Dipesh 222 n.29 -- Charles IX 25 -- Chicago, University of -- 145 -- 154 -5 -- 158 -- children 162 -- China -- 9 -- 44 -- 49 -- 53 -- 55 -- 70 -- 81 -- 83 -- 84 -- 87 -- 113 -- 131 -- 166 -7 -- 190 -- 213 n.14 -- Chipko movement -- 139 -- 225 n.19 -- Chomsky, Noam -- 67 -- 75 -- 194 -- Christianity -- 20 -7 -- 130 -- 188 -9 -- 204 n.21 -- Churchill, Winston -- 52 -- 82 -- 171 -- 174 -- CIA -- 67 -- 80 -- 106 -- 236 n.42 -- civilization, discourses of -- 11 -- 166 -8 -- 179 -82 -- 186 -- 198 -- civilizing mission -- 9 -- 180 -- Clash of Civilizations -- 45 -- 166 -7 -- classification -- 152 -3 -- 158 -9 -- Clifford, James 163 -- |
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Clinton, Bill -- 74 -- 92 -- 116 -- 145 -- 162 -- 213 n.14 -- clocks -- 5 -- 16 -- 18 -- 19 -- 27 -- Cold War -- 46 -- 67 -- 77 -- 83 -- 166 -- colonialism -- 17 -- 24 -- 30 -- 45 -- 52 -3 -- 83 -- 111 -12 -- 128 -30 -- 142 -- 177 -8 -- 229 n.14 -- 230 n.22 -- comparative history 120 -- concentration camps -- 46 -7 -- 51 -- 207 n.7 -- consumerism -- 42 -- 125 -6 -- consumption -- 14 -- 126 -- Cook, Sherbourne F. 207 n.11 -- Corbett, Jim 139 -- crorepati -- 147 -- 226 n.42 -- Crusoe, Robinson 22 -- cultural studies -- 10 -- 153 -6 -- 218 n.6 -- 228 n.9 -- superstars of 154 -6 -- Curzon, Lord 52 -- dams -- 113 -14 -- 131 -- 219 n.20 -- Das, Bhagirath Lal 100. |
de Grazia, Sebastian 18 -- Declaration of Independence -- 60 -- 73 -- 74 -- decolonization -- 7 -- 44 -5 -- 51 -9 -- deep ecology -- 140 -- 144 -- 178 -- deforestation 131 -- Delhi -- 132 -- 135 -6 -- 201 -- developing world, future of 114 -16 -- development -- 3 -- 9 -- 10 -- 44 -- 49 -- 109 -16 -- 124 -5 -- 219 n.20 -- 222 n.29 -- and refugees 113 -14 -- as genocide 9 -- as genocide 44 -- as genocide 49 -- as genocide 110 -- as ideology of evaluation 111 -12 -- history of idea of 111 -13 -- history of idea of 124 -5 -- violence of 109 -16 -- Diamond, Jared -- 61 -- 62 -- Diana, Princess of Wales 150 -- Dickens, Charles 30 -31 -- Diocletian -- 23 -- 204 n.16 -- disciplines, academic -- 11 -- 116 -- 122 -30 -- 145 -- 163 -4 -- 229 n.14 -- 230 n.25 -- dissent -- 11 -12 -- 170 -1 -- 174 -- 175 -82 -- Dow Jones 96 -- Dreze, Jean 91 -- Du Bois, W.E.B. 212 n.52 -- Dyer, Brigadier-General 230 n.22 -- East India Company 25 -- East Timor -- 84 -- 106 -- Easter -- 20 -- 24 -5 -- ecology -- 13 -- 137 -44 -- economics, economists -- 123 -- 126 -8 -- 137 -- 145 -- 154 -- 159 -- 164 -5 -- 202 n.3 -- 221 n.23 -- economy ", meaning of 13 -- economy ", meaning of 137 -8 -- Egypt 25 -- elections -- 42 -- 75 -- elephants 132 -- Eliade, Mircea 205 n.39 -- Elias, Norbert 204 n.20 -- Eliot, T.S. 14 -- England -- 14 -- 42 -- 73 -4 -- 111 -12 -- Englishness 73 -4 -- environmental degradation 131 -3 -- Epiphany 21 -- equality -- 15 -- 137 -- 144 -5 -- equinox 24 -- ethnic cleansing 114 -- Europe -- 12 -- 19 -- 25 -- 42 -- 56 -7 -- 62 -- 63 -- 64 -- 67 -- 85 -- 111 -12 -- 200 -- decolonization of 56 -7 -- violence in 25 -- violence in 43 -5 -- violence in 64 -- violence in 70 -- violence in 204 n.21 -- European Union -- 1 -- 69 -- 100 -1 -- Exiguus, Dionysius 23 -- experts, expertise -- 58 -9 -- 122 -- 124 -- 162 -3 -- 199 -200 -- 222 n.33 -- 235 n.41. |
famine -- 9 -- 49 -- 110 -- Fanon 55 -- Federal Drug Administration 122 -- Forster, E.M. 162 -- Foucault, Michel 175 -- France -- 27 -- 53 -- 55 -- 210 n.30 -- Franklin, Benjamin 32 -- free trade -- 42 -- 97 -9 -- 116 -- 134 -- 157 -- Freedom House 76 -- French Revolution -- 56 -- 60 -- 63 -- 145 -- Friday Mosque 21 -- Friday" 22 -- Friedman, Milton and Rose 206 n.2 -- Friedman, Thomas -- 190 -- 206 n.2 -- Friedrich, Ernst 43 -- Fukuyama, Francis 187 -- Fussell, Paul -- 106 -- 218 n.6 -- future, futures -- 5 -- 12 -- 114 -15 -- 159 -63 -- 170 -1 -- games -- 12 -- 158 -71 -- 227 n.43 -- finite 158 -71 -- finite 174 -- infinite 12 -- infinite 171 -5 -- Gandhi, Indira 32 -- Gandhi, Mohandas K.["Mahatma -- 232 n.52 -- 233 n.56 -- as ultimate dissenter 11 -- as ultimate dissenter 12 -- as ultimate dissenter 140 -- as ultimate dissenter 171 -82 -- assassination of 171 -2 -- assassination of 174 -- ecological worldview of 138 -44 -- ecological worldview of 178 -- inspiration to environmentalists 40 -- inspiration to environmentalists 178 -- ] 12 -- ] 14 -- ] 15 -- ] 55 -- ] 66 -- ] 112 -- ] 122 -- ] 137 -44 -- ] 171 -82 -- ] 198 -9 -- ] 226 n -- Ganga [Ganges ] 132 -3 -- garbage 151 -- Gates, Bill -- 15 -- 148 -9 -- Gates, Jeff 149 -- GATT -- 72 -- 96 -7 -- 99 -100 -- Gazdar, Haris 91 -- Gelasius, Pope 23 -- Gellner, Ernest -- 61 -- 200 |
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-- 209 n.25 -- genocide -- 9 -- 12 -- 43 -4 -- 48 -- 51 -- 94 -- 110 -- 169 -- Gerber Products Company 99 -- Germany -- 43 -- 50 -- 54 -- 78 -9 -- 121 -- 167 -- 184 -5 -- 230 n.30 -- Ghaffar Khan, Khan Abdul 199 -200 -- Gibbon, Edward 204 n.16 -- global-local 14 -15 -- globalization -- 8 -- 43 -- 123 -4 -- 164 -- 202 n.3 -- Godse, Nathuram 171 -- Goebbels, Josef 185 -- Goethe 57 -8 -- Goitein, S.D. 203 n.9 -- Gramm, Phil 89 -- Great Leap Forward -- 9 -- 49 -- 110 -- Greenblatt, Stephen 112. |
Greenspan, Alan 96. |
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