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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... changing forms of identity in national and postnational settings.4 This study is intended to draw synthetically upon these disciplines and others – particularly history and sociology , political the- ory and international relations - to ...
... changing social formations. In other words, a phenomenon such as globalization or nationalism cannot be understood in terms of itself. If the central focus is on changing forms of social relations, it is always with the view to relating ...
... changing forms of communication and infor- mation storage from print to electronic communication ; second , the changing forms of exchange from gift exchange and barter to abstract money ; third , the changing forms of production from ...
... changing dominant formations of traditional, modern and postmodern society. Chapter 6 con- tinues the themes of communication and exchange, tracing the development of writing and money as they fundamentally change from conditions 7 ...
... changing forms of polity from traditional to nation-states, and the stretching forms of community from the local to the global. State as polity and nation as community are thus the focus of Chapters 9 and 10 respectively. These two ...
Inhalt
1 | |
11 | |
13 | |
43 | |
65 | |
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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