Modern Social Imaginaries 9780822385806

An accounting of the varying forms of social imaginary that have underpinned the rise of Western modernity.

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English Pages 232 [230] Year 2003

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In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gérard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transc

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In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gérard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transc

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Written by members of the Social Imaginaries Editorial Collective, these programmatic essays showcase new critical inter

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How to study the contemporary dynamics between the religious, the nonreligious and the secular in a globalizing world? O

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South Korea is home to cutting-edge electronics, state-of-the-art medical facilities, and ubiquitous high-speed internet

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What queer lives, loves and possibilities teem within suburbia’s little boxes? Moving beyond the imbedded urban/rural bi

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It is hard to imagine tourism without the creative use of seductive, as well as restrictive, imaginaries about peoples a

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How to study the contemporary dynamics between the religious, the nonreligious and the secular in a globalizing world? O

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood an

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