Global Modernities

Global Modernities
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781446228838
ISBN-13 : 1446228835
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Book Synopsis Global Modernities by : Mike Featherstone

Download or read book Global Modernities written by Mike Featherstone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-06-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global increasingly informs the regional, so deconstructing ideas like the `nation state′ and `national sovereignty′. The spatialization of social theory, hybridization and bio-politics are among the critical issues discussed.


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