An edition of Contested History of Autonomy (2018)

Contested History of Autonomy

Interpreting European Modernity

Contested History of Autonomy
Gerard Rosich, Bo Stråth, Mart ...
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An edition of Contested History of Autonomy (2018)

Contested History of Autonomy

Interpreting European Modernity

"The Contested History of Autonomy examines the concept of autonomy in modern times. It presents the history of modernity as constituted by the tension between sovereignty and autonomy and offers a critical interpretation of European modernity from a global perspective. The book shows, in contrast to the standard view of its invention, that autonomy (re)emerged as a defining quality of modernity in early modern Europe. Gerard Rosich looks at how the concept is first used politically, in opposition to the rival concept of sovereignty, as an attribute of a collective-self in struggle against imperial domination. Subsequently the book presents a range of historical developments as significant events in the history of imperialism which are connected at once with the consolidation of the concept of sovereignty and with a western view of modernity. Additionally, the book provides an interpretation of the history of globalization based on this connection. Rosich discusses the conceptual shortcomings and historical inadequacy of the traditional western view of modernity against the background of recent breakthroughs in world history. In doing so, it reconstructs an alternative interpretation of modernity associated with the history of autonomy as it appeared in early modern Europe, before looking to the present and the ongoing tension between 'sovereignty' and 'autonomy' that exists. This is a groundbreaking study that will be of immense value to scholars researching modern Europe and its relationship with the World."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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English
Pages
240

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Contested History of Autonomy: Interpreting European Modernity
2020, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Contested History of Autonomy
Contested History of Autonomy: Interpreting European Modernity
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Contested History of Autonomy
Contested History of Autonomy: Interpreting European Modernity
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Contested History of Autonomy
Contested History of Autonomy: Interpreting European Modernity
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English

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Library of Congress
JC327, JC327 .R67 2019, JC327 .R67 2018

The Physical Object

Number of pages
240
Weight
0.454

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL33314684M
ISBN 13
9781350048645
OCLC/WorldCat
1055896120, 1057792921
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.5040/9781350048676

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OL25053474W

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