Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure (Development and Change Special Issues) - Softcover

 
9780631212386: Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure (Development and Change Special Issues)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631212388 ISBN 13: 9780631212386
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure

"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.

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About the Author

Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University.

Peter Geschiere is an editor of Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.

From the Inside Flap

"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631212388
ISBN 13 
9780631212386
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
345
Editor
Meyer Birgit, Geschiere Peter