The Dynamics of Transculturality: Concepts and Institutions in Motion PDF
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The Dynamics of Transculturality Concepts and Institutions in Motion Antje Flüchter · Jivanta Schöttli Editors 123 Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context Series Editors: Madeleine Herren Thomas Maissen Joseph Maran Axel Michaels Barbara Mittler More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8753 Antje Flu¨chter (cid:129) Jivanta Scho¨ttli Editors The Dynamics of Transculturality Concepts and Institutions in Motion Editors AntjeFlu¨chter JivantaScho¨ttli IKOS ResearchCenterforDistributionalConflict UniversityofOslo andGlobalisation Oslo HeidelbergUniversity Norway Heidelberg Germany ISSN2191-656X ISSN2191-6578(electronic) ISBN978-3-319-09739-8 ISBN978-3-319-09740-4(eBook) DOI10.1007/978-3-319-09740-4 SpringerChamHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014954642 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2015 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionor informationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Exemptedfromthislegalreservationarebriefexcerpts inconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysisormaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurposeofbeing enteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework.Duplication ofthispublicationorpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheCopyrightLawofthe Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer.PermissionsforusemaybeobtainedthroughRightsLinkattheCopyrightClearanceCenter. 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Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Acknowledgments The editors would like to thank a number of people who have been essential in makingthisbookpossible.Atfirst,wearegratefultotheClusterofExcellencefor bringing together such a wide range of scholars and themes and for encouraging publications that showcase senior scholars and young researchers who are at the start of their academic careers. For the editors, this has been a rewarding and challenging experience especially given the breadth of disciplines covered in this volume. Prof. Dr. Subrata Mitra and Prof. Dr. Rudolph Wagner were a source of greatsupportinorganizingthe2010AnnualConference,whichmarkedtheincep- tion of this volume. Moreover, we thank the editors of the series, Transcultural Studies, most of all Prof. Dr. Joseph Maran, Prof Dr. Axel Michaels and Prof. Dr.Barbara Mittlerforacceptingthemanuscriptandprovidingcriticalinput.The samethanksgototheanonymouspeerreviewers. WeareespeciallygratefultoMs.GauriParasherandMs.CarolinMatjekawho worked hard at managing the manuscript through the long process of editing, formatting and proofreading. Finally, Dr. Andrea Hacker must be thanked for her enduring patience and the support from a dedicated team of copy editors. For the cover,UNESCOkindlyallowedustouseapicturefromtheircollectionofWorld Heritage sites. The roof details from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) in Mumbai, India, blend Victorian Neo-Gothic architecture with traditional Hindu and Muslim motifs, a style that has been described as Indo-Saracenic. To us, this captures motion and fluidity imbued even within structuressetinstone. v ThiSisaFMBlankPage Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AntjeFlu¨chterandJivantaScho¨ttli PartI ConceptualConsiderations Marxism,Modernity,andRevolution:TheAsianExperience. . . . . . . . 27 SobhanlalDattaGupta FromReligiousContacttoScientificComparisonandBack:Some MethodologicalConsiderationsonComparativePerspectivesinthe ScienceofReligion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 VolkhardKrech PartII PoliticsandtheDynamicsofTransculturality HippodamosandPhoenicia:OnCityPlanningandSocialOrderin aTransculturalContext. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 NicolasZenzen AForgottenLandscapeoftheFormsofGovernment:TheCasefor theCounterfactualHistoryofPoliticalTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 DavidMervart MilitaryIntelligenceandEarlyModernWarfare:TheDutchEast IndiaCompanyandChina1622–1624. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 BarendNoordam ‘CulturalCitizenship’andMediaRepresentationinIndia: TowardsaTrans-PolicyApproach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 LionKo¨nig vii viii Contents TheEraofCrowds:GustaveLeBon,CrowdPsychology, andConceptualizationsofMass-EliteRelationsinChina. . . . .. . . . . .. 157 MareikeOhlberg PartIII ReligionandtheDynamicsofTransculturality TheGoddess’sNewClothes.Conceptualisingan‘Eastern’Goddess fora‘Western’Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 SvenjaNagel AcrossCentralAsia:CulturalCrossroads,ReligiousInteractions? TheMonastery,H.2153fol.131v,TopkapıSarayıMu¨zesi,Istanbul. . . . 219 NicolettaFazio ImportingandExportingGods?OntheFlowofDeitiesBetween EgyptandItsNeighboringCountries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 JoachimFriedrichQuack List of Contributors NicolettaFazio TheClusterofExcellence“AsiaandEuropeinaGlobalContext”, HeidelbergUniversity,Heidelberg,Germany AntjeFlu¨chter IKOS,UniversityofOslo,Oslo,Norway SobhanlalDattaGupta PoliticalScience,UniversityofCalcutta,Calcutta,India Lion Ko¨nig The Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context’, HeidelbergUniversity,Heidelberg,Germany Volkhard Krech Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum,Germany David Mervart Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe’, The University of Heidelberg,Heidelberg,Germany Svenja Nagel The Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context’, HeidelbergUniversity,Heidelberg,Germany BarendNoordam LeidenUniversity,Leiden,TheNetherlands MareikeOhlberg TheFairbankCenterforChineseStudies,HarvardUniversity, Cambridge,MA,USA Joachim Friedrich Quack Institute of Egyptology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg,Germany Jivanta Scho¨ttli Research Center for Distributional Conflict and Globalisation, HeidelbergUniversity,Heidelberg,Germany NicolasZenzen TheInstituteforClassicalArchaeologyofHeidelbergUniversity, Heidelberg,Germany ix
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