The crisis of global modernity : Asian traditions and a sustainable future / Prasenjit Duara.

Call Number	338.9/27
Author	Duara, Prasenjit, author.
Title	The crisis of global modernity : Asian traditions and a sustainable future / Prasenjit Duara.
Physical Description	1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Asian connections
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Sustainability and the crisis of transcendence; 2. Circulatory and competitive histories; 3. The historical logics of global modernity; 4. Dialogical and radical transcendence; 5. Dialogical transcendence and secular nationalism in the Sinosphere; 6. The traffic between secularism and transcendence; 7. Regions of circulation and networks of sustainability in Asia; 8. Conclusion and epilogue: of reason and hope; Index.
Summary	In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara argues that the present day is defined by the intersection of three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of what he terms transcendence - the ideals, principles and ethics once found in religions or political ideologies. The physical salvation of the world is becoming - and must become - the transcendent goal of our times, but this goal must transcend national sovereignty if it is to succeed. Duara suggests that a viable foundation for sustainability might be found in the traditions of Asia, which offer different ways of understanding the relationship between the personal, ecological and universal. These traditions must be understood through the ways they have circulated and converged with contemporary developments.
Subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. TRANSCENDENCE (PHILOSOPHY) MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. GLOBALIZATION.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139998222

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Summary	In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara argues that the present day is defined by the intersection of three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of what he terms transcendence - the ideals, principles and ethics once found in religions or political ideologies. The physical salvation of the world is becoming - and must become - the transcendent goal of our times, but this goal must transcend national sovereignty if it is to succeed. Duara suggests that a viable foundation for sustainability might be found in the traditions of Asia, which offer different ways of understanding the relationship between the personal, ecological and universal. These traditions must be understood through the ways they have circulated and converged with contemporary developments.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Sustainability and the crisis of transcendence; 2. Circulatory and competitive histories; 3. The historical logics of global modernity; 4. Dialogical and radical transcendence; 5. Dialogical transcendence and secular nationalism in the Sinosphere; 6. The traffic between secularism and transcendence; 7. Regions of circulation and networks of sustainability in Asia; 8. Conclusion and epilogue: of reason and hope; Index.
Subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. TRANSCENDENCE (PHILOSOPHY) MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. GLOBALIZATION.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139998222