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Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global
perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular
catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications
and consequences of this desire for greater worldliness, however,
are rarely considered critically. In this groundbreaking
cultural-political sociology of knowledge and change, Michael D.
Kennedy rearticulates questions, approaches, and case studies to
clarify intellectuals' and institutions' responsibilities in a
world defined by transformation and crisis.
"Globalizing Knowledge" introduces the stakes of globalizing
knowledge before examining how intellectuals and their institutions
and networks shape and are shaped by globalization and
world-historical events from 2001 through the uprisings of 2011-13.
But Kennedy is not only concerned with elaborating how wisdom is
maintained and transmitted, he also asks how we can recognize both
interconnectedness and inequalities, and possibilities for more
knowledgeable change within and beyond academic circles. Subsequent
chapters are devoted to issues of public engagement, the importance
of recognizing difference and the local's implication in the
global, and the specific ways in which knowledge, images, and
symbols are shared globally. Kennedy considers numerous case
studies, from historical happenings in Poland, Kosova, Ukraine, and
Afghanistan, to today's energy crisis, Pussy Riot, the Occupy
Movement, and beyond, to illuminate how knowledge functions and
might be used to affect good in the world.
Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global
perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular
catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications
and consequences of this desire for greater worldliness, however,
are rarely considered critically. In this groundbreaking
cultural-political sociology of knowledge and change, Michael D.
Kennedy rearticulates questions, approaches, and case studies to
clarify intellectuals' and institutions' responsibilities in a
world defined by transformation and crisis.
"Globalizing Knowledge" introduces the stakes of globalizing
knowledge before examining how intellectuals and their institutions
and networks shape and are shaped by globalization and
world-historical events from 2001 through the uprisings of 2011-13.
But Kennedy is not only concerned with elaborating how wisdom is
maintained and transmitted, he also asks how we can recognize both
interconnectedness and inequalities, and possibilities for more
knowledgeable change within and beyond academic circles. Subsequent
chapters are devoted to issues of public engagement, the importance
of recognizing difference and the local's implication in the
global, and the specific ways in which knowledge, images, and
symbols are shared globally. Kennedy considers numerous case
studies, from historical happenings in Poland, Kosova, Ukraine, and
Afghanistan, to today's energy crisis, Pussy Riot, the Occupy
Movement, and beyond, to illuminate how knowledge functions and
might be used to affect good in the world.
Michael Kennedy develops a theoretical conception of Soviet-type
societies by analyzing Solidarity's significance on three levels.
First, he explains the background to and nature of the conflict
between Solidarity and the authorities by examining the relation
between the distribution of power and movement strategies. Second,
he considers the implications of Solidarity's struggle for the
theory of the Soviet-type system's reproduction and transformation
by offering a critique and synthesis of relevant theories of class
and civil society. Third, he examines the internal constitution of
Solidarity in terms of gender and, in particular, cross-class
alliances. He argues that because engineers and physicians were
dependent on the self-organized working class in this conflict
between civil society and state, professional projects had to be
recast in visions suitable to the alliance. In a concluding
chapter, he explores the implications of his analysis both for
understanding perestroika in the Soviet Union and more generally
for reformulating a critical sociology of Soviet-type societies.
The Solidarity movement of the early 1980s not only triggered a
transformation in Polish society, it forced a fundamental
reconsideration of the nature of socialism throughout the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe. Seen as one of the most important social
movements of the twentieth century, Michael Kennedy develops a
theoretical conception of Soviet-type societies by analysing
Solidarity's significance. He explains the background to the nature
of the conflict between Solidarity and the authorities and
considers the implications of Solidarity's struggle for the theory
of the Soviet-type system's reproduction and transformation. Then,
the internal constitution of Solidarity in terms of gender and, in
particular, cross-class alliances is examined, which is followed by
the implications of his analysis both for understanding perestroika
in the Soviet Union and more generally for reformulating a critical
sociology of Soviet-type societies.
What kinds of intellectual practices are influential in the making
and remaking of nations? How do literary texts shape nation-making?
When are intellectuals most and least relevant to developing the
nation? How do liberal, socialist, and nationalist intellectuals
shape national ideologies?
One of the principal debates in the study of nations concerns the
relative significance of elites, specifically intellectuals, in
inventing the nation. "Intellectuals and the Articulation of the
Nation" delimits the capacities of intellectuals for shaping
nations, as well as the ways in which the development of nations
shapes intellectual practices. The introductory chapter presents
the principal debates around nation-making and the identity and
practices of intellectuals. Contributors from anthropology,
history, literature, political science and sociology then explore
the capacities and limits of intellectuals in the formation and
restructuring of national identities in general, and in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union in particular.
Each essay is followed by a brief intellectual autobiography in
which the author's own relationship to nations is explored. The
editors conclude the volume by developing a general theory of
national intellectual practice.
The principal focus of this book--the mutual articulation of
intellectuals and nations--is a key subject for students and
scholars of history, cultural studies, political science,
anthropology, and sociology.
Ronald Grigor Suny is Professor of Political Science, University of
Chicago. Michael D. Kennedy is Associate Professor of Sociology,
University of Michigan.
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