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Counterworks - Managing the Diversity of Knowledge (Hardcover)
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Counterworks - Managing the Diversity of Knowledge (Hardcover)
Series: ASA Decennial Conference Series: The Uses of Knowledge
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Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture
to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of
"cultural" flow? In "Counterworks," ten anthropologists examine the
ways in which global processes have affected particular localities
where they have carried out research. They challenge the validity
of anthropological concepts of culture in the light of the
pervasive connections which exist between local and global factors
everywhere.
Rather than assuming that the world is culturally diverse, this
book proposes that culture is itself a representation of the
similarities and differences recognized between forms of social
life. The authors address issues of globalization in terms of
diverse histories and traditions of knowledge, which may include
the construction of difference as cultural.
In its attention to specific local situations, such as Bali, Cuba,
Bolivia, Greece, Kenya and the Maoris in New Zealand,
"Counterworks" argues that the apparent opposition between strong
westernizing, global forces and weak concept of culture, which
supposes cultures to be integrated and possessed of essential
properties, need rethinking in a contemporary world where a marked
sense of culture has become a wide-spread property of people's
social knowledge.
This book will have wide appeal to anthropologists, to students of
comparative studies in history, religion and language, and to
anyone interested in the phenomenon of postmodernism.
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