The moral mappings of south and north /

This book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation and wider cultural-intellectu...

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1 Finding One’s Way in Global Social Space --
2 Does the World Have a Spatio-political Form? Preliminaries --
3 The BRICS Countries: Time and Space in Moral Narratives of Development --
4 Russia between East, West and North: Comments on the History of Moral Mapping --
5 Digging for Class: Thoughts on the Writing of a Global History of Social Distinction --
6 North–South and the Question of Recognition: A Constellation Saturated with Tensions --
7 On Spaces and Experiences: Modern Displacements, Interpretations and Universal Claims --
8 The South as Exile --
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1. Verfasser:
Wagner, Peter (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
This book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation and wider cultural-intellectual meanings.
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1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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In English.
ISBN:
9781474423267
1474423264
9781474423274
1474423272
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