The Human Face of Globalization. From Multicultural to Mestizaje.
Jacques Audinet
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Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRKT; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 217.
International immigration, massive migrations, economic globalization and a world-wide communications revolution have brought about a mixing of races, cultures and lifestyles unprecedented in human history. What are the implications of this phenomenon? What options present themselves…a battle of cultures for power; a move toward communitarian cooperation, or, something new, the evolution of racially and culturally mixed societies? Anthropologist and sociologist Jacques Audinet proposes an alternative to culture wars and simple multiculturalism as he explores the history and evolution of mestizaje, the mixing of races and cultures resulting in a third and new force able to ease the tensions between ... Read more
International immigration, massive migrations, economic globalization and a world-wide communications revolution have brought about a mixing of races, cultures and lifestyles unprecedented in human history. What are the implications of this phenomenon? What options present themselves…a battle of cultures for power; a move toward communitarian cooperation, or, something new, the evolution of racially and culturally mixed societies? Anthropologist and sociologist Jacques Audinet proposes an alternative to culture wars and simple multiculturalism as he explores the history and evolution of mestizaje, the mixing of races and cultures resulting in a third and new force able to ease the tensions between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742542280
SKU
V9780742542280
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About Jacques Audinet
Jacques Audinet is Professor Emeritus in Anthropology at the University of Metz and l'Institut Catholique de Paris. He has taught in the United States, Canada and Latin America and remains involved with the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Reviews for The Human Face of Globalization. From Multicultural to Mestizaje.
In The Human Face of Globalization, Jacques Audinet writes against the insane dreams of the 20th century—especially all forms of cultural and social segregation founded on violence. He discovers that mestizaje, the interpenetration and mixing of cultures, in its contemporary movements and forms, is both an exorcism and a dynamic model for healthy and creative change. Mestizaje critiques the monovisions ... Read more