World Culture
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World Culture Epz Edition
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Author : Frank J. Lechner
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
World Culture Epz Edition written by Frank J. Lechner and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining several of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture, including the world polity approach and globalization theory, the book gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies. This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs. Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to the present day Includes numerous illustrations of key issues and empirical research Written in lively, accessible language for the student and general scholar
World Culture Re Contextualised
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Author : Jürgen Schriewer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
World Culture Re Contextualised written by Jürgen Schriewer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Social Science categories.
Impressive strands of research have shown the emergent reality of increasing world-level interconnection in almost every field of social action. As a consequence, theories and models have been developed which are aimed at conceptualising this new reality along the lines of an ‘institutionalised’ World Culture. This offers a new understanding of the worldwide diffusion of specifically modern – i.e. mainly Western – rules, ideologies and organisational patterns, and of attendant harmonisation and standardisation of fields of social action. World Culture theories have not gone unchallenged. Rather, cross-cultural studies have revealed much more complex processes of regional fragmentation and (re-)diversification; of the refraction, appropriation, and hybridisation, through distinct socio-cultural conditioning, of world-level models and ideas; and of the ongoing effectiveness both of structural path-dependencies and of specifically cultural aspects such as collective memories, social meanings, and religious (or ideological) belief systems. Comparative research has thus highlighted an intricate simultaneity of contrary currents: of the increasing world-level interconnection of communication and exchange relations on the one hand, and, on the other, the persistence of context-specific interpretations, translations, and deviation-generating re-contextualisations of world-level forces and challenges. This research provides the theoretical problematique that animates this volume. The chapters explore the conceptual tools and explanatory power of theories and models which do not just oppose or reject World Culture theory, but are instead suited to complementing and differentiating it. The volume offers an enlightening conceptualisation of the intricate interaction of global processes with local agency, and of world-level forces with the self-evolutionary potentials inherent in specific contexts, socio-cultural structures, and distinctive meanings constellations. This book was originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education.
The Kitchen God S Wife
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Author : Amy Tan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-09-21
The Kitchen God S Wife written by Amy Tan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-21 with Fiction categories.
"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." —The New York Times Book Review Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past—including the terrible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events that led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949. The Kitchen God's Wife is "a beautiful book" (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Backyard Bird Chronicles, and the memoir, Where the Past Begins.
World Culture Districts
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Author : Christian Strasser
language : en
Publisher: Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst
Release Date : 2022-03
World Culture Districts written by Christian Strasser and has been published by Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with categories.
Cultural districts are playing a key cultural and social role throughout the world in the twenty-first century. They offer an incomparable density of art and culture and have a profound influence on the development of cities and regions. ?World Culture Districts? presents the first-ever overview of this phenomenon, featuring fifteen of the most important cultural districts on six continents. The range of different kinds of cultural districts and their respective influence on space and society is revealed, and essays by international experts such as Gail Lord, Adrian Ellis, Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton, Vitus H. Weh and Christian Strasser shed light on current issues surrounding their development and impact.00CULTURE DISTRICTS Alserkal Avenue Dubai, United Arab Emirates, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura Lugano, Switzerland, Museumsinsel Berlin Berlin, Germany, Quartier des Spectacles Montréal, Quebec, Canada, The GoDown Arts Centre Nairobi, Kenya, Gorky Park and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow, Russia, M9 Mestre, Italy, MuseumsQuartier Wien Vienna, Austria, Southbank Centre London, United Kingdom, Töölönlahti Helsinki, Finland, Instituto Inhotim Brumadinho, Brazil, MASS MoCA North Adams, Massachusetts, USA, Poblenou District Barcelona, Spain, The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora ?tautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, West Kowloon Cultural District Hong Kong, China.
Heirs To World Culture
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Author : M.H.T. Sutedja-LIem
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Heirs To World Culture written by M.H.T. Sutedja-LIem and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with History categories.
This volume brings together new scholarship by Indonesian and non-Indonesian scholars on Indonesia’s cultural history from 1950-1965. During the new nation’s first decade and a half, Indonesia’s links with the world and its sense of nationhood were vigorously negotiated on the cultural front. Indonesia used cultural networks of the time, including those of the Cold War, to announce itself on the world stage. International links, post-colonial aspirations and nationalistic fervour interacted to produce a thriving cultural and intellectual life at home. Essays discuss the exchange of artists, intellectuals, writing and ideas between Indonesia and various countries; the development of cultural networks; and ways these networks interacted with and influenced cultural expression and discourse in Indonesia. With contributions by Keith Foulcher, Liesbeth Dolk, Hairus Salim HS, Tony Day, Budiawan, Maya H.T. Liem, Jennifer Lindsay, Els Bogaerts, Melani Budianta, Choirotun Chisaan, I Nyoman Darma Putra, Barbara Hatley, Marije Plomp, Irawati Durban Ardjo, Rhoma Dwi Aria Yuliantri and Michael Bodden.
Culture And Leadership Across The World
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Author : Jagdeep S. Chhokar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-04-05
Culture And Leadership Across The World written by Jagdeep S. Chhokar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies is the second major publication of GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), a groundbreaking, large-scale project on international management research featuring contributions from nearly 18,000 middle managers from 1,000 organizat
The Contemporary Arab Contribution To World Culture
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Author : Magdi Youssef
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-27
The Contemporary Arab Contribution To World Culture written by Magdi Youssef and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with Social Science categories.
This book comprises a selection of papers delivered at a research meeting of the International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS) which took place in Paris in March, 2009. As suggested by its title, it addresses prejudices prevailing not only in Western societies, but also in marginalized ones, especially among their Western-oriented intelligentsia. It is often claimed that there exists no ‘serious’ contribution to world culture that is not based on the Western models that prevail worldwide, especially in the aftermath of globalization. This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West serving as a necessary and indispensable model for a dependent, receptive ‘rest of the world.’ It can be read as a necessary decolonization of today’s human knowledge in all disciplines by taking as an example recent Arab contributions in many areas of human knowledge, from the natural sciences to the political economy or architecture. Other marginalized socio-cultures worldwide, like those of Africa, India, Thailand, Persia, and Ireland, should follow suit in presenting an alternative to the extant globalization of Western norms, by offering a truly equal open exchange of human inventions on a world scale.
The Czechoslovak Contribution To World Culture
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Author : Miloslav Rechcigl
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-03-22
The Czechoslovak Contribution To World Culture written by Miloslav Rechcigl and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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World Culture Report
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Author : UNESCO
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
World Culture Report written by UNESCO and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Written by the most distinguished scholars, 'History of Humanity' recounts humankind's extraordinary voyage through time, from its first faltering steps three million years ago. Every known culture is represented in this monumental overview.
Animals And Animal Symbols In World Culture
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Author : Dean Miller
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Animals And Animal Symbols In World Culture written by Dean Miller and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A comprehensive guide to the history of human interaction with the creatures of the earth, air, and water. This book provides historical perspective on mankind's complicated relationship with all creatures, from tiny insects to larger beasts. From the alligator to the wryneck, key animals from every continent are profiled, with articles focusing on how different cultures viewed the creatures with which they shared land, and the ones they considered omens of gods and devils. In addition to the numerous articles on specific animals, there are also entries on the role of animals in Christian art, and how shamans took the form and power of animals in key ceremonies. The work is highly illustrated, and subjects of major interest are provided with individual bibliographies of further reading on the subject at the end of each article.