02920nam 2200601Ia 450 991045427520332120191030193359.01-282-28424-X97866122842430-203-87248-7(CKB)1000000000784023(EBL)448336(OCoLC)475864018(SSID)ssj0000335849(PQKBManifestationID)11254990(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335849(PQKBWorkID)10278193(PQKB)11317803(MiAaPQ)EBC448336(PPN)198457340(Au-PeEL)EBL448336(CaPaEBR)ebr10330965(CaONFJC)MIL228424(EXLCZ)99100000000078402320090217d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivilizations in world politics[electronic resource] plural and pluralist perspectives /edited by Peter J. KatzensteinMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-77711-9 0-415-77710-0 Includes bibliographical references.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 A world of plural and pluralist civilizations: Multiple actors, traditions, and practices; 2 The United States as a civilizational leader; 3 Europe as a civilizational community of practice; 4 Civilization and state formation in the shadow of China; 5 The Samurai ride to Huntington's rescue: Japan ponders its global and regional roles; 6 Four variants of Indian civilization; 7 Islam in Afro-Eurasia: A bridge civilization; 8 How to think about civilizations; References; IndexA highly original and readily accessible examination of the cultural dimension of international politics, this book provides a sophisticated and nuanced account of the relevance of cultural categories for the analysis of world politics. The book's analytical focus is on plural and pluralist civilizations. Civilizations exist in the plural within one civilization of modernity; and they are internally pluralist rather than unitary. The existence of plural and pluralist civilizations is reflected in transcivilizational engagements, intercivilizational encounters and, only occasionally, Cultural pluralismPolitical aspectsCivilizationElectronic books.Cultural pluralismPolitical aspects.Civilization.305.8009Katzenstein Peter J306859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454275203321Civilizations in world politics2248309UNINA