Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism: Bringing Theory Back inPine Forge Press, 20.04.2006 - 392 Seiten `Paul James has written a magnificent account of the world′s current condition, one that highlights the complexities and contradictions with which people, communities, and nations must contend and that does so in a compelling and creative style. Stressing the interaction between global and local forces, his writing style is lively and compelling as well as peppered with a wide range of citations, from Woman′s Day to the Cambodian Daily (on the same page!)′ - James N Rosenau, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism establishes a new basis for understanding the changing nature of polity and community and offers unprecedented attention to these dominant trends. Paul James charts the contradictions and tensions we all encounter in an era of increasing globalization, from genocide and terrorism to television and finance capital. Globalism is treated as an uneven and layered process of spatial expansion, not simply one of disorder, fragmentation or rupture. Nor is it simply a force of homogenization. Nationalism is taken seriously as a continuing and important formation of contemporary identity and politics. James rewrites the modernism theories of the nation-state without devolving into the postmodernist assertion that all is invention or surface gloss. Tribalism is given the attention it has long warranted and is analyzed as a continuing and changing formation of social life, from the villages of Rwanda to the cities of the West. Theoretically adept and powerfully argued, this is the first comprehensive analysis that brings these crucial themes of contemporary life together. |
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... an alternative method Levels of analytical abstraction Levels of integration Conclusion Notes xi 1 11 13 14 17 20 33 38 43 46 48 50 54 58 61 62 65 69 73 80 83 95 96 PART II Rethinking Formations of Practice and Being 5 Constituting ...
... analytical interpretative history of some of the central institutions of the present, taking the intersection of polity and commu- nity as one of its key framing themes. It is an attempt to find a pathway between and beyond the modern ...
... analytical abstraction . At the level of empirical analysis , a nation or global community , or even a kinship group , can be called a social for- mation , always keeping in mind that such a formation is never unitary , homogenous or ...
... analytical microscopes on the specifici- ties that were once said to define the boundaries of actually existing com- munities . It used to be , and often still is the case , that without thinking much about it , commentators took the ...
... but the main task here is just to describe critically a few lines through contemporary social theory. Moreover, the chapter limits its discussion to merely sketching the analytical methods Chapter 3 - Contending Approaches in Outline.
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Rethinking Formations of Practice and Being | 101 |
Chapter 5 Constituting Customary Community | 103 |
Chapter 6 Communication and Exchange Money and Writing | 133 |
Rewriting the History of the Present | 205 |
Chapter 9 State Formation | 207 |
Chapter 10 Nation Formation | 231 |
Chapter 11 Global Formation | 262 |
Chapter 12 Conclusion | 292 |
Glossary | 318 |
Select Bibliography | 327 |
Index | 340 |
Chapter 7 Time and Space Calendars and Maps | 158 |
Chapter 8 Bodies and Symbols Blood and Milk | 179 |
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