Situating Globalization

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Situating Globality

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Author : Wim M. J. van Binsbergen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Situating Globality written by Wim M. J. van Binsbergen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

Situating Globality challenges the dominant view that globalization is a primary threat to African societies and economies. It explores how these societies are appropriating elements of the emerging global culture, arguing the significance of this appropriation in local struggles, the expression of critical thinking, ideologies and ritual styles of behaviour. Combining an interest for micro-level processes of situating the multifaceted process of globality with the exploration of reflexivity, creativity and the production of knowledge, Situating Globality straddles the divide between anthropological and philosophical representations of Africa in the new world order. The first section examines philosophical issues relating to the production of knowledge in and about Africa from a globalizing perspective, while the other sections include case studies showing how these processes are accommodated in everyday life.

Situating Globalization

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Author : Cynthia Nelson
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2015-09-15

Situating Globalization written by Cynthia Nelson and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Political Science categories.

The range of perspectives and original materials dealt with by each author highlights the renewed urgency of the struggle for cultural autonomy and voice within the context of globalization. In other words, each paper explores how the various processes at both the local and global level intersect to create new discourses and debates round the »indigenization of knowledge.« If a new wind of cultural decolonization is blowing through the Arab Middle East, which is having profound impact on the lives of men and women, then we should expect a new scholarship to emerge in order to grasp and understand it. This book is a contribution in that direction.

Situating Globalization

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Author : Cynthia Nelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Situating Globalization written by Cynthia Nelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.

The range of perspectives and original materials dealt with here highlights the renewed urgency of the struggle for cultural autonomy and voice within the context of globalization. Each author explores how the various processes at both the local and global levels intersect to create new discourses and debates around the "indigenization of knowledge." If a new wind of cultural decolonization is blowing through the Arab Middle East and is having profound impact on the lives of men and women, then we should expect a new scholarship to emerge in order to grasp it. This book is a contribution in that direction. A key dimension concerns the issue of borders and boundaries. These are both real and imaginary (i.e., symbolic and metaphoric), hegemonic and counter-hegemonic. Among these borders are spatial ones that determine individuals' and communities' everyday location and place in the world--these include boundaries of class, gender, territory, and language. Each of these separations in turn has embedded in it, and rests on constructions of "imaginary" borders and boundaries. The real and imaginary do not exist as two disparate entities but are inextricably linked to each other in a dialectical move that simultaneously enables and disables movement and action. Current re-visioning of globalization challenges past suppositions. Globalization is a new form of an ongoing process that took inception during the heyday of colonialism. It might serve as a descriptive term to articulate the current historical period, but it remains theoretically problematic and imprecise. Situating Globalization picks up on the problematics of power and its dispersal and concentration. The bearers of these cultural flows seek legitimacy from their potential constituency by positing their language--cultural and religious--as local and therefore inherently in opposition to the hegemonic cultural knowledge that has seeped in from "outside" and led to disempowerment of local "peoples" and "knowledges." Bearers make no mention to this Islamist knowledge, of the "foreignness" of this idiom to many within the societies in question. Any attempt to contest their positioning and bearers of the indigenous results in charges of either betrayal or brainwashing. Cynthia Nelson is professor of anthropology and dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Sarah Lawrence College. She is author of Doria Shafik, Egyptian Feminist: A Woman Apart. Shahnaz Rouse is a member of its sociology faculty. Her research interests and publications cover agrarian transformation; social movements; the state, religion and gender identity.

The Globalizing City In The Time Of Hindutva

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Author : Renu B. Desai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Globalizing City In The Time Of Hindutva written by Renu B. Desai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.

International Social Science Journal

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

International Social Science Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Social sciences categories.

Cultures And Globalization

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Author : Helmut K Anheier
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 2008-10-03

Cultures And Globalization written by Helmut K Anheier and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-03 with Political Science categories.

The world′s cultures and their forms of creation, presentation and preservation are deeply affected by globalization in ways that are inadequately documented and understood. The Cultures and Globalization series is designed to fill this void in our knowledge. In this series, leading experts and emerging scholars track cultural trends connected to globalization throughout the world, resulting in a powerful analytic tool-kit that encompasses the transnational flows and scapes of contemporary cultures. Each volume presents data on cultural phenomena through colourful, innovative information graphics to give a quantitative portrait of the cultural dimensions and contours of globalization. This second volume The Cultural Economy analyses the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as: * the production of cultural goods and services and the patterns of economic globalization * the relationship between the commodification of the cultural economy and the aesthetic realm * current and emerging organizational forms for the investment, production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services * the complex relations between creators, producers, distributors and consumers of culture * the policy implications of a globalizing cultural economy By demonstrating empirically how the cultural industries interact with globalization, this volume will provide students of contemporary culture with a unique, indispensable reference tool.

Perspectives In International Economic Law

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Author : Asif Qureshi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2002-02-12

Perspectives In International Economic Law written by Asif Qureshi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-12 with Business & Economics categories.

Economic activity, Professor Qureshi insists, is a visible manifestation of the human condition. The laws that regulate it and develop its norms must be deeply human. International economic law must be ever-vigilant in its efforts to represent the economic needs of all strata of humanity. It must not allow the cultural imperatives of any one group to predominate. To investigate the validity of this deeply-held conviction, in May 2001 Professor Qureshi and the University of Manchester School of Law brought together a conference of major IEL scholars to elicit as broad a diversity of perspectives as possible. This book, well-informed in its insight and far-reaching in its implications, grew out of that conference. Issues and topics that arise in the course of the investigation include: globalisation and its institutions; the survival of the nation-state; the role of the International Court of Justice; sustainable development; developing countries and dispute settlement; developing countries and trade negotiations; regional integration; human rights and the "untouchability" of IEL; and the gender bias of basic IEL institutions and rules. There are also clear presentations of specifically Marxist and Islamic perspectives, and an analysis along lines of "fairness" as developed by Thomas Franck and John Rawls. Perspectives in International Economic Law offers lawyers, economists, political scientists and policymakers a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to one of the most vitally important human endeavours of our time. While its immediate value and utility is apparent, the depth of clear thinking it evinces on every page will keep it current for many years to come.

Toward A Global Phd

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Author : Maresi Nerad
language : en
Publisher: Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education, University of Washington
Release Date : 2008

Toward A Global Phd written by Maresi Nerad and has been published by Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education, University of Washington this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Education categories.

A detailed analysis of a number of national doctoral educational systems, this work explores the tensions and potential for cooperation between nations in a realm increasingly recognised as important to society and the economy.

Social Sciences Index

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Social Sciences Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Periodicals categories.

The Politics Of Modern Turkey Political Institutions And Processes

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Author : William M. Hale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Politics Of Modern Turkey Political Institutions And Processes written by William M. Hale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

A newly written introduction opens this collection, which brings together nearly seventy pieces of canonical and cutting-edge research covering all aspects of politics in Turkey from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the application for EU membership, a period of about eighty years representing one of the most dramatic modernization drives in any nation. Among issues covered are: secularism, democracy, US/Russian/Middle East/Turkish foreign policy issues, and the role of women in Turkish ...