LEADER 02883nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910806223803321 005 20240501010003.0 010 $a1-282-28424-X 010 $a9786612284243 010 $a0-203-87248-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000784023 035 $a(EBL)448336 035 $a(OCoLC)475864018 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335849 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254990 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335849 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278193 035 $a(PQKB)11317803 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10330965 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL228424 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448336 035 $a(PPN)198457340 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000784023 100 $a20090217d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCivilizations in world politics $eplural and pluralist perspectives /$fedited by Peter J. Katzenstein 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-77711-9 311 $a0-415-77710-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aA 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, 606 $aCultural pluralism$xPolitical aspects 606 $aCivilization 615 0$aCultural pluralism$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aCivilization. 676 $a305.8009 701 $aKatzenstein$b Peter J$0306859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806223803321 996 $aCivilizations in world politics$94034848 997 $aUNINA