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Record Nr.

UNISA996472040003316

Autore

Wagner Peter

Titolo

The moral mappings of south and north / / edited by Peter Wagner [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4744-2326-4

1-4744-2327-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Annual of European and global studies

Classificazione

MS 1170

Disciplina

909/.09724

Soggetti

Political Science / Globalization

Political science

History

Developing countries Civilization

Developing countries History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Finding One’s Way in Global Social Space -- 2 Does the World Have a Spatio-political Form? Preliminaries -- 3 The BRICS Countries: Time and Space in Moral Narratives of Development -- 4 Russia between East, West and North: Comments on the History of Moral Mapping -- 5 Digging for Class: Thoughts on the Writing of a Global History of Social Distinction -- 6 North–South and the Question of Recognition: A Constellation Saturated with Tensions -- 7 On Spaces and Experiences: Modern Displacements, Interpretations and Universal Claims -- 8 The South as Exile -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation and wider cultural-intellectual meanings.