Global fragments : globalizations, Latinamericanisms, and critical theory / / Eduardo Mendieta

• Autore: Mendieta Eduardo
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/201
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; Globalization - Philosophy; Globalization - Social aspects - Latin America; Civilization, Modern - 21st century; Critical theory
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Foreign relations 1980-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Epistemic Hubris and Dialogical Cosmopolitanism -- Globalizations -- Philosophizing Globalizations -- Invisible Cities -- Latinamericanisms -- From Modernity, through Postmodernity, to Globalization -- Remapping Latin American Studies -- The Emperor’s Map -- Critical Theory -- Beyond Universal History -- Politics in an Age of Planetarization -- The Linguistification of the Sacred as a Catalyst of Modernity -- Which Pragmatism? Whose America? -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Global Fragments offers an innovative analysis of globalization that aims to circumvent the sterile dichotomies that either praise or demonize globalization. Eduardo Mendieta applies an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most fundamental experiences of globalization: the mega-urbanization of humanity. The claim that globalization unsettles our epistemic maps of the world is tested against a study of Latin America. Mendieta also recontextualizes the work of three major theorists of globalization—Enrique Dussel, Cornel West, and Jürgen Habermas—to show how their thinking reflects engagement with central problems of globalization and, conversely, how globalization itself is exemplified through the reception of their work. Beyond the epistemic hubris of social theories that seek to accept or reject a globalized world, Mendieta calls for a dialogic cosmopolitanism that departs from the mutuality of teaching and learning in a world that is global but not totalized.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global fragments
• ISBN: 0-7914-7927-7; 1-4356-1183-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823703503321
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