From a 2012 conference in Bremen, Germany, 16 papers consider the place of the humanities and social sciences on the threshold of modernization and globalization. They cover transnational interpolations of the humanities, revisions of modernity with and against globality, per/versions of cultural diversity: including exclusions, and peroration. Among the topics are transnational history versus international history: a case of revisionism, art history and the culture of the image: a manifesto for global art history, feeling modern: narratives of slavery as entangled literary history, global pressures and cultural relativity: the case of media anthropology, relational diversity: religious pluralization and the politics of cohesion, and devolvement: from modern humanities toward global humanities. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The disposition of the humanities formed in the age of modernity has come under scrutiny. Pushed by digitization, globalization, and new concepts for the study of culture, the humanities were forced to reorient themselves. Focusing on the relational dynamics between global integration and cultural diversification, this volume explores the transdisciplinary and transnational reconfiguration of the humanities under the impact of globalization.
