Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World: Recasting the Area Studies Debate (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)

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ISBN 10: 0815629826 / ISBN 13: 9780815629825

Verlag: Syracuse University Press, 2003

Beschreibung

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. Editor(s): Mirsepassi, Ali; Basu, Amrita; Weaver, Frederick S. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780815629825

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World: Recasting the Area Studies Debate (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0815629826
• ISBN-13: 9780815629825
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

These works entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure "area-based knowledge" to respond to social sciences and globalization.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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 women's and gender studies, Amherst College.

Frederick Weaver is professor of economics and history at Hampshire College.