Latin America and Contemporary Modernity - A Sociological Interpretation

Informationen zum Autor Dominguez is Executive Director of Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (IUPERJ) and a member of the International Editorial Board of The European Journal of Social Theory . He has published extensively on social and sociological theory and on the sociology of modernity and Latin America; books include: Sociological Theory and Collective Subjectivity (1995), Social Creativity, Collective Subjectivity and Contemporary Modernity (2000), Do ocidente à modernidade. Intelectuais e mudança social (2003), Estudos de sociologia (2004), Modernity Reconstructed (2006), and Aproximações à América Latina (2007). Zusammenfassung In this book, renowned author José Maurício Domingues places Latin America within the third phase of global modern civilization and offers a general theoretical approach to contemporary Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Law, Rights and Justice 2. Development, Globalization and the Search for Alternatives 3. Identities and Domination, Solidarity and Projects. Conclusion

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• Authors: Jos? Maur?cio Domingues, Jose Mauricio Domingues, José Maurício Domingues, Jose Mauricio (University Research Inst Domingues, Jose Mauricio (University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro Domingues, Domingues Jos, Domingues Jose Mauricio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415964678
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96467-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology; Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Hispanic & Latino Studies