Smith Civilized Rebels

An Inside Story of the West’s Retreat from Global Power
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-18929-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Global Connections

Civilized Rebels compares in depth four very well-known literary and political figures, all of whom opposed arrogant regimes and became prisoners. Through comparative biographies of Oscar Wilde, Jean Améry, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi, it explores the long-term process of the retreat of the West from global hegemony since the late nineteenth century. Drawing on rich empirical materials to examine themes of forced displacement, war, poverty, imprisonment and the threat of humiliation, the book reveals how the highly civilized rebels that form its subjects all had empathetic insights into the mind-sets of their opponents and a sophisticated understanding of how their own struggles fitted into the larger world picture. Methodologically innovative, Civilized Rebels will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines, with interests in globalization, historical international relations, postcolonial and subaltern studies, and historical sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Daring to Differ

2. Oscar Wilde

3. Jean Améry

4. Nelson Mandela

5. Aung San Suu Kyi

6. From Retreat to Recovery

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Smith is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, UK. He is the author of The Rise of Historical Sociology, Globalization: The Hidden Agenda, and Conflict and Compromise: Class Formation in English Society 1830-1914.