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The humanities between global integration and cultural diversity / edited by Birgit Mersmann and Hans G. Kippenberg with the assistance of Owen Gurrey.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Mersmann, Birgit.
Kippenberg, Hans G. (Hans Gerhard)
Gurrey, Owen.
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Series:
Concepts for the study of culture ; volume 6.
Concepts for the study of culture ; volume 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Humanities--History--20th century.
Humanities.
Humanities--History--21st century.
Humanities--Social aspects--History.
Globalization--Social aspects--History.
Globalization.
Cultural pluralism--History.
Cultural pluralism.
Transnationalism--History.
Transnationalism.
History.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Humanities--Social aspects.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: Reconfiguring the humanities / Birgit Mersmann and Hans G. Kippenberg
Part I. Transnational interpolations of the humanities
Transnational history versus international history : a case of revisionism? / Corinna R. Unger
The transnational study of culture : a plea for translation / Doris Bachmann-Medick
Migrant, nomad, traveler : towards a transnational art history / Burcu Dogramaci
Art history and the culture of the image : a manifesto for global art history / Birgit Mersmann
Part II. Revisions of modernity with and against globality
Globality and modernity : making concepts raise research questions / Göran Therborn
"African Renaissance" : between Pan-African rhetoric and the reality of national identity politics / Rainer Tetzlaff
Feeling modern : narratives of slavery as entangled literary history / Elahe Haschemi Yekani
Theses on the future of language / Jürgen Trabant
Western modernism at and beyond the margins : František Kupka and Margaret Preston / Isabel Wünsche
Modern work and identity / Klaus Kornwachs
Part III. Per/versions of cultural diversity : including exclusions
Global pressures and cultural relativity : the case of media anthropology / K. Ludwig Pfeiffer
Long-term power presentation shifts : from key audio-visual narratives to an update of Elias's theory on the process of civilization / Peter Ludes
Inner language spaces : migration and plurilingualism from a psycholinguistic
Perspective / Bettina Lindorfer
Relational diversity : religious pluralization and politics of cohesion / Alexander-Kenneth Nagel
Manifesting religion in public : a universal human right, an international law, national restrictions / Hans G. Kippenberg
Part IV. Peroration
Devolvement : from modern humanities towards global humanities / Birgit Mersmann and Hans G. Kippenberg.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Online version: Humanities between global integration and cultural diversity
ISBN:
9783110451115
3110451115
Publisher Number:
99968809498
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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