Description: Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World by Ali Mirsepassi Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure ""area-based knowledge"" to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital to understanding rapidly changing global patterns. Publisher Description These works entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure ""area-based knowledge"" to respond to social sciences and globalization. The essays in this collection address the current crisis in area studies, a crisis that differs from its perennial struggle with the established academic disciplines. This crisis stems from the confluence of three related circumstances: the end of the Cold War; greater economic and cultural fluidity across political borders; and contradictory intellectual trends in the academy, which include on the one hand a renaissance of universalizing thinking in the social sciences and on the other hand, the rise of post-colonial studies and debates about modernity, postmodernity, and cultural hybridization. Although the essays differ markedly in their focus and strategies, the authors all demonstrate that local knowledge, including serious study of individual cultures and proficiency in foreign languages, which are vital to understanding rapidly changing global patterns and to countering universal claims by the social sciences. While the authors also agree that area studies must reject their enthnocentric heritages and adopt inventive new contours, they present a diversity of ideas for creating vigorous and valuable curricula and research in area studies. Author Biography Ali Mirsepassi is associate professor of sociology and Middle East studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Amrita Basu is professor of political science and womens and gender studies, Amherst College. Frederick Weaver is professor of economics and history at Hampshire College. Details ISBN 081562963X ISBN-13 9780815629634 Title Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World Author Ali Mirsepassi Format Hardcover Year 2003 Pages 240 Edition annotated edition Publisher Syracuse University Press GE_Item_ID:18407958; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780815629634
Book Title: Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World
Number of Pages: 282 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World : Recasting the Area Studies Debate
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Globalization, World / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Author: Amrita Basu
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
