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Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Kaleidoscopic Dialectic

By: Boike Rehbein

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Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Kaleidoscopic Dialectic

By: Boike Rehbein

After the end of Euro-American hegemony and the return of the multi-centric world, Eurocentrism in philosophy and the social sciences has come under attack. However, no real alternative has been proposed. This provides an opportunity to reassess the philosophy of the social sciences that has been developed in the West. This book argues that the re-emergence of a multi-centric world allows the Euro-centric social sciences in general, and critical theory in particular, to finally disengage from countless paradoxes and impasses by which they have heretofore been hindered. The author presents a solution in the form of the "kaleidoscopic dialectic." This dialectic is unique in that it is able to overcome the precarious dichotomy between universalism and relativism by relying on an original approach to the philosophy of science. With this approach, the focus is on the configurations embedded in the ethics of understanding, accommodation and learning and on their connections to broader social scientific critique. This book demands that the European social sciences make philosophical and methodological adaptations to the new realities of the social world by becoming more reflexive and, by extension, less Euro-centric.

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Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Kaleidoscopic Dialectic

By: Boike Rehbein

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Kaleidoscopic Dialectic

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Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

By: Boike Rehbein

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Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

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Incorporating original fieldwork carried out over a period of more than ten years, combined with innovative theoretical argument, Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos presents one of the first sociological investigations into modern Laos. Boike Rehbein gives a fascinating overview of contemporary Lao culture and society, whilst linking local and national phenomena to tendencies of globalization and the history of the region. The book introduces a new theoretical approach based on the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, applying this sociology to the interpretation of Lao history. It also examines various aspects of Lao culture and society, including economics, politics, language, higher education, music, and religion. Rehbein concludes by attempting to synthesize these cultural elements with the impact of globalization to give a synopsis of contemporary Lao society. Written by an expert in Lao history and culture, familiar with the language and the people, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Laos, Southeast Asia, social theory and globalization.

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1134092296

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Society in Contemporary Laos

Capitalism, Habitus and Belief

By: Boike Rehbein

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Society in Contemporary Laos

Capitalism, Habitus and Belief

By: Boike Rehbein

Over the past decade, Laos’ exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. Precapitalist social structures both persist and are transformed into a particular configuration of classes. This entails increasing social inequality, a widening range of habitus and new forms of ethos. This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, ethos and society. The empirical study consists of a description of the social structures, their embodiment in the habitus and world-views in Laos against the background of a critical revision of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology. To achieve these aims, the author develops a qualitative methodology as neither Weber nor Bourdieu explained how to empirically study habitus and ethos. The empirical material for the book was gathered over a period of more than five years and comprises several hundred life-course interviews in all sections of Lao society as well as a representative quantitative survey. The author argues that precapitalist social structures persist and continue to shape the social fabric of contemporary Laos. At the same time, they are transformed by global and local capitalism. The book shows how the hierarchies contained in each structure shape the habitus of the Lao population and how these in turn influence the development of a capitalist and a religious ethos. The argument makes use of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology and adapts it to the setting of Laos by introducing new as well as indigenous concepts. While social structure, habitus and beliefs are subject to a capitalist transformation and unification, the newly emerging classes and milieus are not copies of Western forms but retain their local history. Filling a gap in the literature on Laos and offering new perspectives on core concepts such as habitus, class, lifestyle, work ethic and its religious underpinnings, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies.

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154

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135185934X

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Inequality in Capitalist Societies

By: Surinder S. Jodhka,Boike Rehbein,Jessé Souza

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Inequality in Capitalist Societies

By: Surinder S. Jodhka,Boike Rehbein,Jessé Souza

Inequality is one of the most discussed topics of our times. Yet, we still do not know how to tackle the issue effectively. The book argues that this is due to the lack of understanding the structures responsible for the persistence of social inequality. It enquires into the mechanisms that produce and reproduce invisible dividing lines in society. Based on original case studies of Brazil, Germany, India and Laos comprising thousands of interviews, the authors argue that invisible classes emerge in capitalist societies, both reproducing and transforming precapitalist hierarchies. At the same time, locally particular forms of inequality persist. Social inequality in the contemporary world has to be understood as a specific combination of precapitalist inequalities, capitalist transformation and a particular class structure, which seems to emerge in all capitalist societies. The book links the configurations to an interpretation of global domination as well as to symbolic classification.

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1134837992

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Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

By: Boike Rehbein

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Society in Contemporary Laos

Capitalism, Habitus and Belief

By: Boike Rehbein

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Capitalism, Habitus and Belief

By: Boike Rehbein

This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, (religious) ethos and society. The empirical study consists of a description of the social structures, their embodiment in the habitus and world-views in Laos against the background of a critical revision of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology. To achieve these aims, the author develops a qualitative methodology as neither Weber nor Bourdieu explained how to empirically study habitus and ethos.

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1351859358

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Inequality in Capitalist Societies

By: Surinder S. Jodhka,Boike Rehbein,Jessé Souza

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Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South

Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

Society in Contemporary Laos

Society in Contemporary Laos

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

Society in Contemporary Laos

Society in Contemporary Laos

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

Inequality in Capitalist Societies

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