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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817107103321

Titolo

Reflections on multiple modernities : European, Chinese, and other interpretations / / edited by Dominic Sachsenmaier with Shmuel Eisenstadt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2002

ISBN

1-280-46699-5

9786610466993

1-4175-0722-5

90-474-0173-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SachsenmaierDominic

EisenstadtS. N <1923-> (Shmuel Noah)

Disciplina

909.83

Soggetti

Postmodernism - Cross-cultural studies

Civilization, Modern - 21st century

Comparative civilization

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a Multiple Modernities Conference, held May 20-21, 2001 in Berlin, and hosted by the Strategy Institute of the Boston Consulting Group.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part A - Introduction; Part B - Multiple Modernities - Parameters of the Discussion; Part C - Contestations of Western Modernity and Universalism; Part D - Multiple Modernities and the Prospects for a World Community; Part E - The Modernity of China; Part F - The Modernity of Europe; Part G - Approaches in Economics; Part H - Epilogue: Implications for the Business World; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores an emerging paradigm in the social sciences, which assumes culturally specific forms of modernity. Scholars from history, sociology, area studies, and economics discuss the concept's implications.