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  • Globalization and the City

    Two Connected Phenomena in Past and Present

    Series series Interdisziplinäre Forschung
    The world today is far less a global village than a “global city”, as global network of multidimensional urban spaces of congestion prominently forming – and also formed by – globalization. But the relevance of cities is nothing but new. They were essential for culture and civilization worldwide, they allowed a centralization of power and knowledge and they were crucial for the division of labor ... Leer más

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  • Afrika – Kontinent der Extreme

    Edición de Andreas Exenberger ...
    Series series Edition Weltordnung – Religion – Gewalt
    Ist Afrika ein Kontinent der Extreme? Es grenzte an Realitätsverweigerung, die zahlreichen Probleme zu negieren, mit denen die Menschen in diesem Kontinent konfrontiert sind. Gleichzeitig wäre es fahrlässig, mit kolonialem Blick darin zu verharren, Afrika ausschließlich über diese Probleme und Extreme zu definieren. Vielmehr ist der Kontinent in jeder Hinsicht vielfältig. Um seine Geschichte(n), ... Leer más

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  • There Goes the Hood

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  • Geschichte der Schweiz

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