Modernity and exclusion [electronic resource] / Joel S. Kahn.

Author
Kahn, Joel S. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : SAGE, 2001.
Description
1 online resource (x, 163 p.).

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This text re-examines the project of modernity by opposing the abstract, idealized vision of modernity with an alternative ethnographic understanding. The book draws out the specific cultural and religious assumptions underlying popular modernism.
Notes
"Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University"--t.p. verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 MODERNITY AND ITS OTHERS: UNIVERSAL IDEALS AND PARTICULAR OUTCOMES; 2 NATURALISING DIFFERENCE: CIVILISATION AND THE PRIMITIVE IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION; 3 AMERICAN MODERN: ALIENS, DESPOTS AND THE REPUBLIC; 4 CIVILISATIONAL VIRTUES IN THE MALAY KAMPONG; 5 ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER: MODERNISM AND RACISM; REFERENCES; INDEX
ISBN
  • 1-4462-7903-0
  • 1-4462-3302-2
  • 1-282-02057-9
  • 9786612020575
  • 1-84920-251-6
OCLC
  • 476254605
  • 1007860087
  • 1162623356
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