Modernity Complex Societies And The Alphorn
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Modernity Complex Societies And The Alphorn
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Author : Charlotte Vignau
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013
Modernity Complex Societies And The Alphorn written by Charlotte Vignau and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Music categories.
Modernity, Complex Societies, and the Alphorn provides a fascinating examination of the musical instrument the alphorn, alphorn music and its performance. Indeed, it is the first book about this extraordinary instrument to appear in English. It analyses the alphorn phenomenon as a symbol of the Swiss nation, going back to the Swiss nation building process in the nineteenth century and the "invention of tradition" which began in the second half of the nineteenth century, before arriving at important issues of contemporary alphorn practice such as: what is tradition? How is it being negotiated? The insightful and valuable comments from key Swiss alphorn players add to the extensive ethnographic and archival material. Departing from this analysis, the case studies of Bavaria, the Netherlands, and Japan shed a light on the issues of worldwide migration of alphorn practice in the modern world, as well as on the diverse concepts of a Swiss imagery. Intellectually sophisticated yet easily accessible, the book ends with an exploration of how to use video and film for musical ethnography, considering the practical issues of filmmaking as well as the theoretical implications of shooting and editing for an ethnomusicological film. Drawing from the alphorn film as a sample, this book covers the entire filmmaking process, from the conception of the film to the feedback-sessions with the protagonists, providing fundamental insights into this technique for ethnomusicologists. Based on solid, careful, and complete research, this work will especially appeal to scholars of musicology, Swiss history, and filmography.
Multiple Modernities
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Author : Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Multiple Modernities written by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Social Science categories.
How may we characterize contemporary society in a world so complex? Can looking at the diverse paths followed by various cultures in the modern world generate useful new social scientific typologies, or must a different set of questions be posed in this era of globalization? What, in short, is the nature of modernity? These are some of the questions addressed by the contributors to Multiple Modernities.Following the theme in an earlier work edited by Shmuel Eisenstadt, Public Spheres and Collective Identities, this book challenges conventional notions of how the world has changed politically, socially, and economically. The authors consider the meaning of modernity in contexts as different as communist Russia, modern India, the Muslim world, Latin America, China and East Asia, and the United States. Miscegenation, transnational migration, technological developments, and changing communications have shifted the ground on which theories of society were once built; political system, diaspora groups, religion, and ""classical"" theories of modernity have to be reconsidered in a new context.Authors and chapters include: S.N. Eisenstadt, ""Multiple Modernities""; Bjrn Wittrock, ""Modernity: One, None, or Many? European Origins and Modernity as a Global Condition""; Johann P. Arnason, ""Communism and Modernity""; Nilfer Gle, ""Snapshots of Islamic Modernities""; Dale F. Eickelman, ""Island and the Languages of Modernity""; Sudipta Kaviraj, ""Modernity and Politics in India""; Stanley J. Tambiah, ""Transnational Movements, Diaspora, and Multiple Modernities""; Tu Weiming, ""Implications of the Jrise of 'Confucian' East Asia""; Jrgen Heideking, ""The Pattern of American Modernity from the Revolution to the Civil War""; and Renato Ortiz, ""From Incomplete Modernity to World Modernity.""Written in clear and non-technical language for both a scholarly and general audience, this volume confronts the problem of just what constitutes the common core of modernit
Ethnomusicology And Audiovisual Communication
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Author : Giorgio Adamo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Ethnomusicology And Audiovisual Communication written by Giorgio Adamo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Applied ethnomusicology categories.
The Transformation Of Modernity
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Author : Mikael Carleheden
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 2001
The Transformation Of Modernity written by Mikael Carleheden and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Civilization, Modern categories.
This multidisciplinary volume addresses perspectives on modernity which identifies modern society as a contingent social and cultural formation rather than as the final stage in mankind's social evolution. It explores this concept both theoretically and empirically, in general and historical terms and through specific social, political and philosophical issues, and represents a unique effort to come to grips with our obscure and elusive social position at the start of the 21st century.
Modernity At The Beginning Of The 21st Century
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Author : Volker H. Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Modernity At The Beginning Of The 21st Century written by Volker H. Schmidt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Philosophy and civilization categories.
Modernity is back on sociology's agenda. From the beginnings of sociology as an academic discipline, questions surrounding the meaning and consequences of modernity have fascinated generations of sociologists. The initial interest in the concept was inspired by a sense of a deep rupture (and crisis) afflicting European society, a sense that society was approaching something fundamentally different from the past, an entirely new form of societal organization that bore little resemblance to anything known before. Where exactly this transformation was headed was by no means clear, but around the 18th century a growing number of European intellectuals and scholars realized that the changes that had been in the making since the late 15th century were irreversible and could not be contained in any particular region or confined to particular sectors of society, but would ultimately transform all spheres of life. Like other thinkers, sociologists observed this transformation with awe, and their attitude towards it has always been ambivalent. The 20th century, during which modernity gradually began to break through globally, was also a century during which many sociologists became increasingly disillusioned with the promises of the modern project. But with the exhaustion of the energies of postmodernism, the intellectual movement that wanted to bury modernity, the interest in modernity began to resurface again; not least because it became increasingly clear that the world is far from approaching a societal condition pointing systematically beyond modernity. Instead, we are witnessing an intensification of modernization processes around the world. But what is modernity, anyway? The aim of the present volume is to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the meaning of modernity and about the significance of modernization processes in non-Western societies. As befits a subject matter as controversial and complex at this one, the book's chapters offer no conclusive answers to the questions they raise and address. The debate about modernity must and will continue, and one hopes that it will be conducted in an atmosphere of mutual respect despite sometimes fierce disagreement between the participants. For only if we listen to each other can we make genuine intellectual progress.
The Formations Of Modernity
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Author : Bram Gieben
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 1993-01-04
The Formations Of Modernity written by Bram Gieben and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-04 with Social Science categories.
Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. This challenging and innovative book 'maps' the evolution of those distinctive forms of political, economic, social and cultural life which characterize modern societies, from their origins in early modern Europe to the nineteenth century. It examines the roots of modern knowledge and the birth of the social sciences in the Enlightenment, and analyses the impact on the emerging identity of 'the West' of its encounters through exploration, trade, conquest and colonization, with 'other civilizations'. Designed as an introduction to modern societies and modern sociological analyses, this book is of value to students on a wide variety of social science courses in universities and colleges and also to readers with no prior knowledge of sociology. Selected readings from a broad range of classical writers (Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Freud, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) and contemporary thinkers (Michael Mann, E.P. Thompson, Edward Said) are integrated in each chapter, together with student questions and exercises.
Understanding Modern Societies An Introduction 2 The Political And Economic Forms Of Modernity
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Author : John Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Understanding Modern Societies An Introduction 2 The Political And Economic Forms Of Modernity written by John Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social structure categories.
Understanding Modern Societies An Introduction 2 The Political And Economic Forms Of Modernity
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Author : John Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Understanding Modern Societies An Introduction 2 The Political And Economic Forms Of Modernity written by John Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social structure categories.
Modernity
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Author : Stuart Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Modernity written by Stuart Hall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Social And Cultural Forms Of Modernity
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Author : Robert Bocock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Social And Cultural Forms Of Modernity written by Robert Bocock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
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