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Cultural History and Modernity in Latin America: Technology and Culture in the Andes Region

Barloewen, Constantin Von

 
9781571810120: Cultural History and Modernity in Latin America: Technology and Culture in the Andes Region
ISBN 10 : 1571810129 ISBN 13 : 9781571810120
Editeur : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 1995

Synopsis

Why is it that Japan, with few natural resources, has become one of the world's leading economies but not Latin America, which is so rich in natural resources? This anthropological essay questions the Euro-centric notion of modernity and modernization and argues that Latin America has to find its own form of modernity, one which accepts and reflects its owntraditions. As long as a Western Model is grafted on to Latin American societies, modernization is bound to fail. After examining the history and peculiarities of these societies and their cultures, from the pre-Colombian era to the present, the author develops what could become the framework for a future, "indigenous" model.

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À propos de l'auteur

Constantin von Barloewen is a professor of anthropology and Comparative Cultural Science. Since 2001, he has been the Academic Coordinator for the Dialogue between Cultures and Civilisations of the Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation in Berlin and member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard Academy (Harvard University).

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1571810129
ISBN 13 
9781571810120
Reliure
Belle reliure
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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