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Freitag, Ulrike; Oppen, Achim von (ED.)

Translocality

The study of Globalising Processes from a Southern Perspective

Brill, Leiden; Boston, 2010
Serie: Studies in global social history

ISBN 9004186050
Abstract

This volume discusses globalising processes from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on the a ~global southa (TM), notably the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Densely researched case studies examine a variety of approaches for their potential to understand connecting processes on different scales. The studies seek to overcome the main traps of the a ~globalisationa (TM) paradigm, such as its occidental bias, its notion of linear expansion, its simplifying dichotomy between a ~locala (TM) and a ~globala (TM), and an often-found lack of historical depth. This volume discusses globalising processes from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on the a ~global southa (TM), notably the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Densely researched case studies examine a variety of approaches for their potential to understand connecting processes on different scales. The studies seek to overcome the main traps of the a ~globalisationa (TM) paradigm, such as its occidental bias, its notion of linear expansion, its simplifying dichotomy between a ~locala (TM) and a ~globala (TM), and an often-found lack of historical depth.

Contributions from ZMO
Bromber, Katrin : Mapping the Ocean
Freitag, Ulrike; Oppen, Achim von : Introduction
Lange, Katharina : Proud Fighters, Blind Men
Reetz, Dietrich : "Alternate globalities"?