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Structures on the Move

Technologies of Governance in Transcultural Encounter

  • Aims at a new conceptual framework for comparative and entangled research on transcultural state formation
  • Analyzes the transcultural appropriation of governmental technologies
  • Examines the transcultural perception of governance
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Structures on the Move

    • Antje Flüchter
    Pages 1-27
  3. Statehood: Conceptual Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
    2. State and Political History in a Culturalist Perspective

      • Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
      Pages 43-58
  4. Case Studies: Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

About this book

This book enters new territory by moving toward a new conceptual framework for comparative and interdisciplinary research on transcultural state formation. Once more, statehood and governance are highly discussed topics, whereby modern state building is often considered to be a genuinely European characteristic, despite the fact that early modern Europeans knew of, experienced and grappled with highly developed states in Asia. The articles collected in this book discuss how strategies of governance were part of transcultural transfers between the two continents. The first part presents and discusses concepts of statehood in order to provide a set of conceptual tools for analyzing the transcultural appropriation of governmental strategies. The second part is concerned with case studies that examine the transcultural perception of governance, and the third and final part gathers perspectives on political practice in transcultural encounters (e.g. military, administration, and diplomacy)








Editors and Affiliations

  • Karl Jaspers Centre, Heidelberg, Germany

    Antje Flüchter, Susan Richter

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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