Debating Civilisations: Interrogating Civilisational Analysis in a Global Age

by Jeremy Smith

Book Overview

Debating civilisations offers an up-to-date evaluation of the re-emerging field of civilisational analysis, tracing its main currents and comparing it to rival paradigms such as Marxism, globalisation theory and postcolonial sociology. The book suggests that civilisational analysis offers an alternative approach to understanding globalisation, one that focuses on the dense engagement of societies, cultures, empires and civilisations in human history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526105292
• ISBN13: 9781526105295
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"