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Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Friedman is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Lund. He is co-editor (with Scott Lash) of Modernity and Identity (Blackwell, 1990). Klappentext `Friedman has produced a book of importance.... It features many tantalizing insights and observations in the author's attempt to comprehend the global constitution of the world and the "positional identities" - not least the identities of social scientists - within the global arena' - Theory, Culture & Society Zusammenfassung `Friedman has produced a book of importance.... It features many tantalizing insights and observations in the author's attempt to comprehend the global constitution of the world and the "positional identities" - not least the identities of social scientists - within the global arena' - Theory, Culture & Society Inhaltsverzeichnis Towards a Global Anthropology General Historical and Culturally Specific Properties of Global Systems Civilizational Cycles and the History of Primitivism The Emergence of the Culture Concept in Anthropology Culture, Identity and World Process Culture Logics of the Global System Globalization and Localization History and the Politics of Identity The Political Economy of Elegance Narcissim, Roots and Postmodernity Global System, Globalization and the Parameters of Modernity Order and Disorder in Global Systems
