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001 2014043727
003 DLC
005 20150906123125.0
008 150113s2015 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014043727
020 $a9781107082250 (hardback)
020 $a9781107442856 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHC79.E5$bD8295 2015
082 00 $a338.9/27$223
100 1 $aDuara, Prasenjit.
245 14 $aThe crisis of global modernity :$bAsian traditions and a sustainable future /$cPrasenjit Duara.
264 1 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c[2015]
300 $ax, 328 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara argues that the present day is defined by the intersection of three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of what he terms transcendence - the ideals, principles and ethics once found in religions or political ideologies. The physical salvation of the world is becoming - and must become - the transcendent goal of our times, but this goal must transcend national sovereignty if it is to succeed. Duara suggests that a viable foundation for sustainability might be found in the traditions of Asia, which offer different ways of understanding the relationship between the personal, ecological and universal. These traditions must be understood through the ways they have circulated and converged with contemporary developments"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In this work of historical sociology, I explore various Asian social and cultural responses - actual and potential - to the unsustainable nature of global modernity as we have known it. While the period of this study covers the last hundred years or so, I range back in time to better understand these responses in our present moment that is characterized by three global changes: i)the rise of non-Western powers, ii); the loss of authoritative sources of transcendence (eg Marxism or religion) and iii) the looming crisis of planetary sustainability"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Sustainability and the crisis of transcendence; 2. Circulatory and competitive histories; 3. The historical logics of global modernity; 4. Dialogical and radical transcendence; 5. Dialogical transcendence and secular nationalism in the Sinosphere; 6. The traffic between secularism and transcendence; 7. Regions of circulation and networks of sustainability in Asia; 8. Conclusion and epilogue: of reason and hope; Index.
650 0 $aSustainable development.
650 0 $aTranscendence (Philosophy)
650 0 $aManners and customs.
650 0 $aGlobalization.