Contents: The Criss-Crossing of Traditions: Globalisation and Cultural Closure; Culture: Should we Stop Using the Word? - The Imaginary Polis; The Materialisation of the Political Imaginaire; Conclusion: The Paradoxical Invention of Modernity.
Jean-Francois Bayart was director of CERI from 1994 to 2000. A specialist in comparative politics, he has a particular interest in the historical sociology of the state - in Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and Iran - notably its political imaginaires. He is co-founder of Politique Africaine and an adviser to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bayart also teaches at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and writes regularly for the French media, notably Le Monde, Liberation and France-Culture.
A work of great subtlety and erudition on a subject that is close
to the heart of world politics and seems set to stay at the
forefront of debate for years to come. Contrary to the view that
the world is witnessing a clash of civilizations, Bayart
demonstrates that cultures and their attendant identities are in
constant flux. . . . It is most helpful to have this text available
in English, as few, if any, anglophone political analysts seem able
to produce a text of comparable range and erudition.
*Stephen Ellis, University of Leiden*
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