Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism

ISBN-13: 9780415108621 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 244 str.

Professor Bryan S. Turner;Turner Professo

Opis

It is often thought that the development of capitalism and the modernization of culture have brought about a profound decline of religious belief and commitment. The history of Christianity in the last two decades appears to be a good illustration of this general process of secularization, with the undermining of belief and commitment as Western cultures became industrial and urban.

Recenzje

'... this stimulating and provoking collection of essays which, using various conceptual templates, explores the relationship between critiques of orientalism, postmodernism, and the changing role of intellectuals in an increasingly globalized world. Turner is a fine organizer and sifter of the history of sociological thought' - Ecumene

'His book is interesting and well-written. It makes some provocative points.' - Network, Spring 1995

'For ever challenging and demanding, but also for ever stimulating and gratifying, Bryan Turner's critical reflections on Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism deserves the reader's fullest attention.' - Journal of Islamic Studies

Spis treści

Part 1 Orientalism; Chapter 1 Orientalism, postmodernism and religion; Chapter 2 Orientalism and the problem of civil society in Islam While; Chapter 3 Accounting for the Orient; Part 2 II Orientalists; Chapter 4 Conscience in the construction of religion; Chapter 5 Gustave von Grunebaum and the mimesis of Islam; Part 3 III Globalism; Chapter 6 Politics and culture in Islamic globalism; Chapter 7 From orientalism to global sociology; Chapter 8 The concept of ‘the world’ in sociology; Part 4 IV Intellectuals and postmodernism; Chapter 9 Nostalgia, postmodernism and the critique of mass culture; Chapter 10 The two faces of sociology: global or national?; Chapter 11 Ideology and utopia in the formation of an intelligentsia; Part 5 V Modernity; Chapter 12 From regulation to risk; Chapter 13 The self and reflexive modernity; Chapter 14 Conclusion ReferencesIndex;

O autorze

Bryan S.Turner is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Sociology at Deakin University, Australia.