The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century - Couverture souple

Wallerstein, Immanuel

 
9780816633982: The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0816633983 ISBN 13 : 9780816633982
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book is nothing short of a state-of-the-world address, delivered by a scholar uniquely suited to the task. Immanuel Wallerstein, one of the most prominent social scientists of our time, documents the profound transformations our world is undergoing. With these transformations, he argues, come equally profound changes in how we understand the world.

Wallerstein begins his work with an appraisal of significant recent events -- the collapse of the Leninist states, the exhaustion of national liberation movements, the rise of East Asia, challenges to national sovereignty, dangers to the environment, debates about national identity, and the marginalization of migrant populations. Wallerstein places these events and trends in the context of the changing modern world-system as a whole and identifies the historic choices they put before us. The End of the World As We Know It concludes with a crucial analysis of the momentous intellectual challenges to social science as we know it today and suggests possible responses to them.

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Éditeur
University of Minnesota Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816633983
ISBN 13 
9780816633982
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780816633975: The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century

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ISBN 10 :  0816633975 ISBN 13 :  9780816633975
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 1999
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