This book enters new territory by moving toward a new conceptual framework for comparative andinterdisciplinary research on transcultural state formation. Once more, statehood and governance are highly discussed topics, whereby modern state building is often considered to be a genuinely European characteristic, despite the fact that early modern Europeans knew of, experienced and grappled with highly developed states in Asia. The articles collected in this book discuss how strategies of governance were part of transcultural transfers between the two continents. The first part presents and...
This book enters new territory by moving toward a new conceptual framework for comparative andinterdisciplinary research on transcultural state for...
The volume examines the mutually constitutive relationship between the materiality of objects and their aesthetic meanings. These studies of transcultural objects can suggest pathways for museum experts by uncovering the multi-layered identities and temporalities of objects that can no longer be labelled as located in single regions.
The volume examines the mutually constitutive relationship between the materiality of objects and their aesthetic meanings. These studies of transcult...
Rather than depict the transformations of mathematical knowledge in terms of a process of westernization, the book analyzes the complex interactions between different scientific communities and the ways in which the past, modernity, language, and mathematics were negotiated in a global context.
Rather than depict the transformations of mathematical knowledge in terms of a process of westernization, the book analyzes the complex interactions b...
