ISBN:
9781139998222
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 328 pages)
Series Statement:
Asian connections
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
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DDC:
338.9/27
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-
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Globalisierung
;
Nachhaltigkeit
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Sustainable development
;
Transcendence (Philosophy)
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Manners and customs
;
Globalization
;
Moderne
;
Politische Philosophie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Asien
;
Asien
;
Moderne
;
Politische Philosophie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Geschichte 1900-
Abstract:
In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara argues that the present day is defined by the intersection of three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of what he terms transcendence - the ideals, principles and ethics once found in religions or political ideologies. The physical salvation of the world is becoming - and must become - the transcendent goal of our times, but this goal must transcend national sovereignty if it is to succeed. Duara suggests that a viable foundation for sustainability might be found in the traditions of Asia, which offer different ways of understanding the relationship between the personal, ecological and universal. These traditions must be understood through the ways they have circulated and converged with contemporary developments
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Sustainability and the crisis of transcendence; 2. Circulatory and competitive histories; 3. The historical logics of global modernity; 4. Dialogical and radical transcendence; 5. Dialogical transcendence and secular nationalism in the Sinosphere; 6. The traffic between secularism and transcendence; 7. Regions of circulation and networks of sustainability in Asia; 8. Conclusion and epilogue: of reason and hope; Index
Note:
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139998222
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