ISBN:
1405116129
,
1405116137
,
9781405116121
,
9781405116138
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 251 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Movements : Action and Culture
DDC:
303.48/4
Keywords:
Falun Gong (Organization)
;
Social movements
;
Anti-globalization movement
;
Social movements Case studies
;
Social movements
Abstract:
Surveys global movements, and explores some of the significant ones, including anti-globalization and the Islamic movements. This book explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises to which they are subject. It will provide a useful text for students on globalization and social movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; 1 Globalization; 2 Movements and Action; 3 Direct Action: from Community to Experience; 4 The New Humanitarianism; 5 Grammars of Experience; 6 Zapatista Dreaming: Memory and the Mask; 7 Healing Movements, Embodied Subjects; 8 Global Islam: Modernity's Other?; 9 Islamic Makings of the Self; 10 Rethinking Movements; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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