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Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. It shows how creative cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter, and how it is overlooked in theories of the global.
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Friction, Anna Tsing
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Friction
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anna Tsing
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 069112065X
- ISBN13
- 9780691120652
- Description
- Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. It shows how creative cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter, and how it is overlooked in theories of the global.