Alternative Modernities

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Author	: Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
Publisher	: Duke University Press
Total Pages	: 382
Release	: 2001
ISBN-10	: 0822327147
ISBN-13	: 9780822327141
Rating	: 4/5 (47 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Alternative Modernities by : Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar

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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