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Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural uses an autoethnographic account of the author’s experience of living in Iran in the 1970s to demonstrate the constant struggle to prevent the intercultural from being dominated by essentialist grand narratives that falsely define us within separate bounded national or civilisational cultures. This book provides critical insight that: DeCentres how we encounter and research the intercultural by means of a third-space methodology Recovers the figurative creative flowing and boundary-dissolving power of culture Recognises hybrid integration which enables us the choice and agency to be ourselves with others in intercultural settings Demonstrates how early native-speakerism pulls us back to essentialist large-culture blocks. Aimed at students and researchers in applied linguistics intercultural studies sociology and education this volume shows how cultural difference in stories personal space language practices and values generates unexpected and transcendent threads of experience to which we can all relate within small culture formation on the go.

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A History of the Symphony The Grand Genre

A History of the Symphony The Grand Genre

A History of the Symphony: The Grand Genre identifies the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the symphony over the past three hundred years presenting a unified view of the entire history of the genre. The text goes beyond discussions of individual composers and the stylistic evolution of the genre to address what constitutes a symphony within each historical period describing how such works fit into the lives of composers and audiences of the time recognizing that they do not exist in a vacuum but rather as the products of numerous external forces spurring their creation. In three parts the text proceeds chronologically drawing connections between musical examples across regions and eras: The Classical Symphony The Romantic Symphony The Symphony in the Modern Era Within this broad chronology—from the earliest Italian symphonies of the 18th century to the most experimental works of the 20th century—discussion of the development of the genre often breaks down along national lines that outline divergent but parallel paths of stylistic growth. In consideration of what is and is not a symphony musical developments in other genres are presented as they relate to the symphony genres such as the serenade the tone poem and the concert overture. Suitable for a one-semester course as well as a full-year syllabus and with illustrative musical examples throughout A History of the Symphony places composers and works in sociological and musical contexts while confronting the fundamental question: What is a symphony? | A History of the Symphony The Grand Genre

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Civil Society in Liberal Democracy

Civil Society in Liberal Democracy

In this contribution to contemporary political philosophy Jensen aims to develop a model of civil society for deliberative democracy. In the course of developing the model he also provides a thorough account of the meaning and use of civil society in contemporary scholarship as well as a critical review of rival models including those found in the work of scholars such as John Rawls Jurgen Habermas Michael Walzer Benjamin Barber and Nancy Rosenblum. Jensen's own ideal treats civil society as both the context in which citizens live out their comprehensive views of the good life as well as the context in which citizens learn to be good deliberative democrats. According to his idealization groups of citizens in civil society are actively engaged in a grand conversation about the nature of the good life. Their commitment to this conversation grounds dispositions of epistemic humility tolerance curiosity and moderation. Moreover their regard for the grand conversation explains their interest in deliberative democracy and their regard for democratic virtues principles and practices. Jensen is not a naive utopian however; he argues that this ideal must be realized in stages that it faces a variety of barriers and that it cannot be realized without luck. | Civil Society in Liberal Democracy

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Manufacturing Technology Materials Processes and Equipment

Manufacturing Technology Materials Processes and Equipment

Individuals who will be involved in design and manufacturing of finished products need to understand the grand spectrum of manufacturing technology. Comprehensive and fundamental Manufacturing Technology: Materials Processes and Equipment introduces and elaborates on the field of manufacturing technology—its processes materials tooling and equipment. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of processes their capabilities typical applications advantages and limitations. Thorough and insightful it provides mathematical modeling and equations as needed to enhance the basic understanding of the material at hand. Designed for upper-level undergraduates in mechanical industrial manufacturing and materials engineering disciplines this book covers complete manufacturing technology courses taught in engineering colleges and institutions worldwide. The book also addresses the needs of production and manufacturing engineers and technologists participating in related industries. | Manufacturing Technology Materials Processes and Equipment

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Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings

Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings

Interest continues to develop in the design and construction of high-rise towers and tall buildings structures with heights ranging from 75m to 500m and even more. This volume presents the papers from the third in a series of international conferences on the subject organised by the International Federation of High-rise Structures. The papers have been drawn together under the grand theme of the Conquest of Vertical Space in the 21st Century. The conference has been organised by the UK's Concrete Society and sponsored by the IFHS and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and the Fdration Internationale de la Prcontrainte (FIP). This prestigious collaboration has brought forth a body of high quality practical and research papers. | Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings

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Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment its principles and practices in the North American context. Urban Redevelopment: A North American Reader seeks to shed light on the practice by looking at both its failures and successes ideas that seemed to work in specific circumstances but not in others. The book aims to provide guidance to academics practitioners and professionals on how when where and why specific approaches worked and when they didn’t. While one has to deal with each case specifically it is the interactions that are key. The contributors offer insight into how urban design affects behavior how finance drives architectural choices how social equity interacts with economic development how demographical diversity drives cities’ growth how politics determine land use decisions how management deals with market choices and how there are multiple influences and impacts of every decision. The book moves from the history of urban redevelopment The City Beautiful movement grand concourses and plazas through urban renewal superblocks and downtown pedestrian malls to today’s place-making: transit-oriented design street quieting new urbanism publicly accessible softer waterfront design funky small urban spaces and public-private megaprojects. This history also moves from grand masters such as Baron Haussmann and Robert Moses through community participation to stakeholder involvement to creative local leadership. The increased importance of sustainability high-energy performance resilience and both pre- and post-catastrophe planning are also discussed in detail. Cities are acts of man not nature; every street and building represents decisions made by people. Many of today’s best recognized urban theorists look for great forces; economic trends technological shifts political movements and try to analyze how they impact cities. One does not have to be a subscriber to the great man theory of history to see that in urban redevelopment successful project champions use or sometimes overcome overall trends using the tools and resources available to rebuild their community. This book is about how these projects are brought together each somewhat differently by the people who make them happen. | Urban Redevelopment A North American Reader

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The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

Creating metropolitan regions that are more efficient equitable and sustainable depends on the willingness of local officials to work together across municipal boundaries to solve large-scale problems. How do these local officials think? Why do they only sometimes cooperate? What kind of governance do they choose in the face of persistent problems? The Risk of Regional Governance offers a new perspective on these questions. Drawing on theory from sociology and anthropology it argues that many of the most important cooperative decisions local officials make—those about land use planning and regulation—are driven by heuristic biased reasoning driven by cultural values. The Risk of Regional Governance builds a sociocultural collective action framework and supports it with rich survey and interview data from hundreds of local elected officials serving in the suburbs of Detroit and Grand Rapids Michigan. It is a story of the Rust Belt of how local officials think about their community and the region and—most importantly—of how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance. | The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

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Statistical and Thermal Physics An Introduction

Statistical and Thermal Physics An Introduction

Thermal and statistical physics has established the principles and procedures needed to understand and explain the properties of systems consisting of macroscopically large numbers of particles. By developing microscopic statistical physics and macroscopic classical thermodynamic descriptions in tandem Statistical and Thermal Physics: An Introduction provides insight into basic concepts and relationships at an advanced undergraduate level. This second edition is updated throughout providing a highly detailed profoundly thorough and comprehensive introduction to the subject and features exercises within the text as well as end-of-chapter problems. Part I of this book consists of nine chapters the first three of which deal with the basics of equilibrium thermodynamics including the fundamental relation. The following three chapters introduce microstates and lead to the Boltzmann definition of the entropy using the microcanonical ensemble approach. In developing the subject the ideal gas and the ideal spin system are introduced as models for discussion. The laws of thermodynamics are compactly stated. The final three chapters in Part I introduce the thermodynamic potentials and the Maxwell relations. Applications of thermodynamics to gases condensed matter and phase transitions and critical phenomena are dealt with in detail. Initial chapters in Part II present the elements of probability theory and establish the thermodynamic equivalence of the three statistical ensembles that are used in determining probabilities. The canonical and the grand canonical distributions are obtained and discussed. Chapters 12-15 are concerned with quantum distributions. By making use of the grand canonical distribution the Fermi–Dirac and Bose–Einstein quantum distribution functions are derived and then used to explain the properties of ideal Fermi and Bose gases. The Planck distribution is introduced and applied to photons in radiation and to phonons on solids. The last five chapters cover a variety of topics: the ideal gas revisited nonideal systems the density matrix reactions and irreversible thermodynamics. A flowchart is provided to assist instructors on planning a course. Key Features: Fully updated throughout with new content on exciting topics including black hole thermodynamics Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains entropy and information theory renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and the mean field theory of antiferromagnetic systems Additional problem exercises with solutions provide further learning opportunities Suitable for advanced undergraduate students in physics or applied physics. Michael J. R. Hoch spent many years as a visiting scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University USA. Prior to this he was a professor of physics and the director of the Condensed Matter Physics Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg where he is currently professor emeritus in the School of Physics. | Statistical and Thermal Physics An Introduction

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Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Particle and Astroparticle Physics

From superstring theory to models with extra dimensions to dark matter and dark energy a range of theoretically stimulating ideas have evolved for physics beyond the standard model. These developments have spawned a new area of physics that centers on the interplay between particle physics and cosmology—astroparticle physics. Providing the necessary theoretical background Particle and Astroparticle Physics clearly presents the many recent advances that have occurred in these fields. Divided into five parts the book begins with discussions on group and field theories. The second part summarizes the standard model of particle physics and includes some extensions to the model such as neutrino masses and CP violation. The next section focuses on grand unified theories and supersymmetry. The book then discusses the general theory of relativity higher dimensional theories of gravity and superstring theory. It also introduces various novel ideas and models with extra dimensions and low-scale gravity. The last part of the book deals with astroparticle physics. After an introduction to cosmology it covers several specialized topics including baryogenesis dark matter dark energy and brane cosmology. With numerous equations and detailed references this lucid book explores the new physics beyond the standard model showing that particle and astroparticle physics will together reveal unique insights in the next era of physics.

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Climate Change and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle Variables and Consequences

Climate Change and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle Variables and Consequences

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This valuable compendium provides an overview of the variables and consequences of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change. The chapters highlight the importance of marine plankton in carbon processing as well as the effects of rising CO2 and temperature in their functioning. Marine ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by growing human pressures including climate change. Understanding the consequences that climate change may have is crucial to predict the future of our oceans. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification may profoundly alter the mode of matter and energy transformation in marine ecosystems which could have irreversible consequences for our planet on ecological timescales. For that reason the scientific community has engaged in the grand challenge of studying the variables and consequences of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change which has emerged as a relevant field of science. The book is broken into four sections:Understanding the Importance of Ocean BiogeochemistryQuantifying Oceanic Carbon VariablesPhytoplankton and Oceanic Carbon Cycle Ocean AcidificationEdited by a researcher with many years of experience and with contributions from scientists from around the world this volume explores the most important topics on climate change and oceanic carbon cycling. | Climate Change and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle Variables and Consequences

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Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

Gandhara is a name central to Buddhist heritage and iconography. It is the ancient name of a region in present-day Pakistan bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘Gandhara’ is also the term given to this region’s sculptural and architectural features between the first and sixth centuries CE. This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara – from a variety of sources and perspectives on language ethnicity and material culture (including classical accounts Chinese writings coins and Sanskrit epics) – as well as interrogate the grand narrative of Hellenism of which Gandhara has been a part. The book explores the making of collections of what came to be described as Gandhara art and reviews the Buddhist artistic tradition through notions of mobility and dynamic networks of transmission. Wide ranging and rigorous this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers of early South Asian history archaeology religion (especially Buddhist studies) art history and museums. | Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

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Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Advances Technology and Applications

Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Advances Technology and Applications

This book offers a timely and complete overview on chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and its variants for the processing of nanoparticles nanowires nanotubes nanocomposite coatings thin and thick films and composites. Chapters discuss key aspects from processing material structure and properties to practical use cost considerations versatility and sustainability. The author presents a comprehensive overview of CVD and its potential in producing high performance cost-effective nanomaterials and thin and thick films. Features Provides an up-to-date introduction to CVD technology for the fabrication of nanomaterials nanostructured films and composite coatingsDiscusses processing structure functionalization properties and use in clean energy engineering and biomedical grand challengesCovers thin and thick films and compositesCompares CVD with other processing techniques in terms of structure/properties cost versatility and sustainabilityKwang-Leong Choy is the Director of the UCL Centre for Materials Discovery and Professor of Materials Discovery in the Institute for Materials Discovery at the University College London. She earned her D. Phil. from the University of Oxford and is the recipient of numerous honors including the Hetherington Prize Oxford Metallurgical Society Award and Grunfeld Medal and Prize from the Institute of Materials (UK). She is an elected fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining and the Royal Society of Chemistry. | Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Advances Technology and Applications

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The Standard Model and Beyond

The Standard Model and Beyond

This new edition of The Standard Model and Beyond presents an advanced introduction to the physics and formalism of the standard model and other non-abelian gauge theories. It provides a solid background for understanding supersymmetry string theory extra dimensions dynamical symmetry breaking and cosmology. In addition to updating all of the experimental and phenomenological results from the first edition it contains a new chapter on collider physics; expanded discussions of Higgs neutrino and dark matter physics; and many new problems. The book first reviews calculational techniques in field theory and the status of quantum electrodynamics. It then focuses on global and local symmetries and the construction of non-abelian gauge theories. The structure and tests of quantum chromodynamics collider physics the electroweak interactions and theory and the physics of neutrino mass and mixing are thoroughly explored. The final chapter discusses the motivations for extending the standard model and examines supersymmetry extended gauge groups and grand unification. Thoroughly covering gauge field theories symmetries and topics beyond the standard model this text equips readers with the tools to understand the structure and phenomenological consequences of the standard model to construct extensions and to perform calculations at tree level. It establishes the necessary background for readers to carry out more advanced research in particle physics. Supplementary materials are provided on the author’s website and a solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

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Strategic Sport Marketing

Strategic Sport Marketing

The fifth edition of Strategic Sport Marketing integrates sport marketing frameworks theory and practical cases to show students and practitioners how to develop and execute successful sport marketing strategies. The book explains contemporary sport markets consumer behaviour marketing strategies and best practices in sport marketing in a clear comprehensive and engaging way. Built on a foundation of strategic decision-making it offers a truly diverse set of case studies ‘sportviews’ and examples from national and international sports and events including Australian Rules (AFL) football European soccer Russian hockey Grand Slam tennis and the National Basketball Association (NBA). This new edition is revised to align with contemporary sport marketing applications conceptualising sport as part of the experience economy and integrating technology and digitalisation themes into the book reflecting the increasing focus on data and digital communications and media delivery of sport. It encourages critical and practical thinking and problem-solving on the part of the reader to help them improve their real-world professional practice. This book is an essential course text for students of sport marketing and management as well as being a useful resource for all practitioners engaged in the marketing promotion or communication of sport organisations or brands. Additional teaching and learning materials are available to accompany this book including slides class outlines and reflective questions and answers for each chapter.

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Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values

Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values

The complexity facing today’s organizations calls for a rethinking of leadership. The world is facing grand challenges for people and the planet. Leaders and employees bear the responsibility of formulating strategies grounded in strong values. These strategies aim to foster the growth of sustainable organizations and promote ethical work practices. This book gives voice to values-based leadership and provides a method for leaders to develop a values-based organizational culture. Values play a role on many levels in how we work as individual leaders in teams and in organizations and in how organizations approach societal challenges. Values can be a compass or orientation point giving direction for decisions and actions. Awareness of values can make organizational responsibilities clearer and give a sense of meaning to work and help leaders to create organizations where corporate moral and social values are embedded at every level. This book gives insight into a Scandinavian values-based leadership model built on the institutional leadership tradition. It provides processes and practices that leaders can use to develop organizations where values are continuously nurtured. The book provides practical ideas of how leaders can work on becoming conscious of both the organization’s explicit and implicit values as well as working on the direction of the organization and its broader organizational culture. This book will be an invaluable resource for both practitioners and graduate students interested in leadership and organizational development. | Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values

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An Introduction to Gauge Theories

An Introduction to Gauge Theories

Written by world-leading experts in particle physics this new book from Luciano Maiani and Omar Benhar with contributions from the late Nicola Cabibbo is based on Feynman’s path integrals. Key elements of gauge theories are described—Feynman diagrams gauge-fixing Faddeev-Popov ghosts—as well as renormalization in Quantum Electrodynamics. Quarks and QCD interactions are introduced. Renormalization group and high momentum behaviour of the coupling constants is discussed in QED and QCD with asymptotic freedom derived at one-loop. These concepts are related to the Higgs boson and models of grand unification. … an excellent introduction to the quantum theory of gauge fields and their applications to particle physics. … It will be an excellent book for the serious student and a good reference for the professional practitioner. Let me add that scattered through the pages we can find occasional traces of Nicola Cabibbo's style. —John Iliopoulos CNRS-Ecole Normale Supérieure 
… The volume ends with an illuminating description of the expectation generated by the recent discovery of the Higgs boson combined with the lack of evidence for super-symmetric particles in the mass range 0. 6-1 TeV. —Arturo Menchaca-Rocha FinstP Professor of Physics Mexico’s National Autonomous University Former President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences Presidential Advisor …The reader is masterfully guided through the subtleties of the quantum field theory and elementary particle physics from simple examples in Quantum Mechanics to salient details of modern theory. —Mikhail Voloshin Professor of Physics University of Minnesota | An Introduction to Gauge Theories

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Algarve Building Modernism Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal 1925-1965

Algarve Building Modernism Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal 1925-1965

Foreword by Adrian Forty. The Algarve is not only Portugal’s foremost tourism region. Uniquely Mediterranean in an Atlantic country its building customs have long been markers of historical and cultural specificity attracting both picturesque driven conservatives and modernists seeking their lineage. Modernism regionalism and the ‘vernacular’ – three essential tropes of twentieth-century architecture culture – converged in the region’s building identity construct and often the subject of strictly metropolitan elaborations they are examined here from a peripheral standpoint instead. Drawing on work that won the Royal Institute of British Architects President’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in 2013 Algarve Building challenges the conventional inclusion of Portuguese modern architecture in ‘Critical Regionalism’ narratives. A fine-grain reconstruction of the debates and cultures at play locally exposes the extra-architectural and widely participated antecedents of the much-celebrated mid-century shift towards the regional. Uncelebrated architects and a cast of other players (clients officials engineers and builders) contributed to maturing a regional strand of modern architecture that more than being the heroic outcome of a hard-fought ‘battle’ by engaged designers against a conservative establishment became truly popular in the Algarve. Algarve Building shows more broadly what the processes that have been appropriated by the canon of architectural history and theory – such as the presence of folk traditions and regional variation in learned architecture – stand to gain when observed in local everyday practices. The grand narratives and petites histoires of architecture can be enriched questioned revised and confirmed by an unprejudiced return to its facts and sources – the buildings the documents the discourses the agents and the archives. | Algarve Building Modernism Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal 1925-1965

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Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering

Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering

A pedagogical gem…. Professor Readey replaces ‘black-box’ explanations with detailed insightful derivations. A wealth of practical application examples and exercise problems complement the exhaustive coverage of kinetics for all material classes. –Prof. Rainer Hebert University of ConnecticutProf. Readey gives a grand tour of the kinetics of materials suitable for experimentalists and modellers…. In an easy-to-read and entertaining style this book leads the reader to fundamental model-based understanding of kinetic processes critical to development fabrication and application of commercially-important soft (polymers biomaterials) hard (ceramics metals) and composite materials. It is a must-have for anyone who really wants to understand how to make materials and how they will behave in service. Prof. Bill Lee Imperial College London Fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringA much needed text filing the gap between an introductory course in materials science and advanced materials-specific kinetics courses. Ideal for the undergraduate interested in an in-depth study of kinetics in materials. –Prof. Mark E. Eberhart Colorado School of MinesThis book provides an in-depth introduction to the most important kinetic concepts in materials science engineering and processing. All types of materials are addressed including metals ceramics polymers electronic materials biomaterials and composites. The expert author with decades of teaching and practical experience gives a lively and accessible overview explaining the principles that determine how long it takes to change material properties and make new and better materials. The chapters cover a broad range of topics extending from the heat treatment of steels the processing of silicon integrated microchips and the production of cement to the movement of drugs through the human body. The author explicitly avoids black box equations provid | Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering

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Ujamaa and Ubuntu Conceptual Histories for a Planetary Perspective

Ujamaa and Ubuntu Conceptual Histories for a Planetary Perspective

For over a decade the world has experienced an accelerating erosion of a language that took hundreds of years to emerge. It is a language ordering time and space with words such as enlightenment reason rationality modernization and the most recent by-word globalization. However it is a language that has been accompanied by colonialism imperialism racism the exploitation of people and nature an unequal distribution of the world’s resources pogroms genocides and world wars. There has been a gap between assumptions underlying a visionary ambition and the often-brutal practices that have accompanied it. Moreover it is a language that expresses European values with the implicit or explicit suggestion that they pertain to the whole world a civilizing mission from a European centre. Although the established narrative argued that there was continuous progress it was a conclusion reached through hindsight. The idea of progress had to be repeatedly recreated through new visionary projects that attempted to live up to the high ideals their predecessors failed to achieve. Against the backdrop of this meta-normative point of departure the book argues that a convincing grand narrative has failed to materialize since the discrediting of globalization. In the search for a new narrative it argues at a meta-normative level for a reformulation of the term ‘global’ away from its close connection to the globe as an unbounded self-propelling market that exists beyond human influence. ‘Global’ should no longer be reduced to auto-playing market fiction but instead be connected to the planet Terra the Earth. With reference to Latour and Chakrabarty ‘global’ and ‘planetary’ mean cohabitation; life on earth is seen as an infinite symbiotic system nurtured and protected but also destroyed by human action. The book argues that a new conceptualization of ‘the global’ and ‘the planet’ requires input from African and Asian language cultures. The book explores in depth the history of the two political African key concepts of ujamaa and ubuntu and argues that they are cases showing how work on a new global/planetary narrative might look. The investigation of the two concepts demonstrate that translations are juxtapositions that point up what is shared and what isn’t between concepts in two or more languages. The point of comparison is not to develop a uniform global perspective even if that were possible but to develop a global understanding of difference and through that to begin to look for a common ground. Translations of political key concepts are the source of a growing understanding of difference. | Ujamaa and Ubuntu Conceptual Histories for a Planetary Perspective

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