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Civilisations and Social Theory

Volume 1 of Social Dialectics

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Positions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Historical Moment of Theoretical Work

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 3-24
    3. The Future of Social Theory

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 25-42
  3. Dialectics of Civilisations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. Orientalism in Crisis

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 73-96
    3. Marxism and the Sociology of Civilisations

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 97-117
    4. Joseph Needham: Encyclopedist of Civilisations

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 123-129
    5. The Third World and the Orient

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 130-138
    6. The Civilisational Project

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 139-147
  4. The Concept of Specificity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. The Concept of Specificity

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 160-174
    3. On the Dialectics of Time

      • Anouar Abdel-Malek
      Pages 175-185
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 187-214

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Civilisations and Social Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1 of Social Dialectics

  • Authors: Anouar Abdel-Malek

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03819-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Anouar Abdel-Malek 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 214

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Cultural Studies