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The Crisis of Global Modernity - Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
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The Crisis of Global Modernity - Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
Series: Asian Connections
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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.
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