02797nam 2200697 450 991083008470332120230109120542.01-280-19853-297866101985350-470-76176-81-4051-2690-60-470-77658-71-4051-3710-X(CKB)1000000000341902(EBL)228513(OCoLC)437146117(SSID)ssj0000274262(PQKBManifestationID)11214904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274262(PQKBWorkID)10324845(PQKB)10719991(MiAaPQ)EBC228513(MiAaPQ)EBC7076281(Au-PeEL)EBL7076281(EXLCZ)99100000000034190220230109d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA world beyond difference cultural identity in the age of globalization /Ronald NiezenMalden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Pub.,[2004]©20041 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-2737-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-212) and index.Introduction -- The tradition of rational utopianism -- The cultural contradictions of globalization -- (Anti)globalization from below -- Human rights pluralism and universalism -- Postmodernism's revolt against order -- The new neo-Marxism -- Paradigms of postcolonial liberation -- Conclusion.A World Beyond Difference unpacks the globalization literature and offers a valuable critique: one that is forthright, yet balanced, and draws on the local work of ethnographers to counter relativist and globalist discourses. Presents a lively conceptual and historical map of how we think about the emerging socio-political world, and above all how we think politically about human cultural differences Interprets, criticizes, and frames responses to world culture Draws from the work of recent major social theorists, comparing them to classical social theorists in aHuman rightsGroup identityGlobalizationEthnicityCultural pluralismCivilizationHuman rights.Group identity.Globalization.Ethnicity.Cultural pluralism.Civilization.306Niezen Ronald624241MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830084703321A world beyond difference1950631UNINA