| Comparative Political Culture in the Age of Globalization: An Introductory Anthology Contributor(s): Jung, Hwa Yol (Editor), Butler, Judith (Contribution by), Campbell, David (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739103172 ISBN-13: 9780739103173 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $141.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 306.2 |
| LCCN: 2001038840 |
| Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.96" W x 9.18" (1.57 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With its specific focus on Asia, this anthology constitutes an excursion into the realm of transversality, or the state of postethnicity, which, the book argues, has come to characterize the global culture of our times. Hwa Yol Jung brings together prominent contemporary thinkers--including Thich Nhat Hanh, Edward Said, and Judith Butler--to address this fundamental and important aspect of comparative political theory. The book is divided into three parts. Part One demythologizes Eurocentrism, deconstructing the privilege of modern Europe as the world's cultural, scientific, religious, and moral capital. Part Two traces the rise of Asian thought and the process of East-West cultural hybridization, while Part Three introduces the concept of the global citizen. Jung's anthology reveals a postmodern multiculturalism whose new philosophical matrix transgresses the existing cultural and intellectual typology to offer new understanding of today's pluralistic world. |