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An Analysis of Arjun Appadurai's Modernity at Large Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation

By Amy Young Evrard Copyright 2017
96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

86 Pages
by Macat Library

Arjun Appadurai’s 1996 collection of essays Modernity At Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization helped reshape how anthropologists, geographers and philosophers saw and understood the key topic of our times: globalization. Globalization has long been recognized as one of the crucial factors shaping the modern world – a force that allows goods, people, money, information and... Read more

Ways in to the text 

Who was Arjun Appadurai? 

What does Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation Say? 

Why does Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation Matter?  

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Amy Young Evrard holds a PhD in anthropology from Harvard University and is currently an Associate Professor in anthropology at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania.