Alternative Modernities

Alternative Modernities
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 0822327147
ISBN-13 : 9780822327141
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Book Synopsis Alternative Modernities by : Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar

Download or read book Alternative Modernities written by Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special issue of PUBLIC CULTURE, this volume of essays examines modernity from transnational and transcultural perspectives, holding that within different cultures, there are different starting points of the transition to modernity that lead to differen

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