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Cultural Politics in a Global Age: Uncertainty, Solidarity, and Innovation

Cultural Politics in a Global Age: Uncertainty, Solidarity, and Innovation

by David Held (Author), HenriettaL.Moore (Editor)

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Synopsis

With contributions from Homi Bhabha, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Will Hutton, Jurgen Habermas and Amartya Sen, among others, this dazzling compendium of some of the world's most prominent and diverse thinkers examines the question, 'What is the future of culture in the age of globalization?'. These essays represent a major theoretical and methodological challenge to the social sciences, and question the nature of globalization and the culture of change.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 448
 Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 25 Apr 2008
ISBN 10: 1851685405
ISBN 13: 9781851685400

Media Reviews
This is a broad and authoritative book, which puts together philosophy, politics, economy and technology. Much more than a loose collection of articles, the book expresses a coherent point of view: cosmopolitan in outlook but attentive to local differences and specific cultural practices. Held and Moore have produced a benchmark book in the analysis of cultural politics. Richard Sennett - Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University. This is a staggering collection of state-of-the art interventions by top-notch specialists and world-renowned scholarsA...A major contribution to interdisciplinary debates on contemporary culture, and a must for every thinking person. Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Utrecht University
Author Bio
Henrietta L. Moore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, and the Director of the Cultural Globalization Project at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance.David Held is a British political theorist and a prominent figure within the field of international relations. He is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics.