Janet L. Abu-Lughod (1928–2013)
Författare till Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350
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Janet L. Abu-Lughod is an American sociologist who specializes in social change and urbanization in the developing world. She was educated at the University of Chicago and the University of Massachusetts. She began her career as an urban planner and research consultant to organizations dealing with visa mer community development issues and housing problems. As an academic, she taught at the University of Cairo and Smith College before moving to Northwestern University. She taught sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York, where she conducted research on urban problems. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- 1928-08-03
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- 2013-12-14
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- University of Chicago
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- Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim (husband)
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- University of Illinois
American University in Cairo
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New School for Social Research
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This is a fascinating book. At the time it was published (1989) it must have been an eye-opener for many brought up on the idea that Europe was best and greatest and destined to rule the world. It is an idea she roundly demolishes, and in the course of doing so she tells an amazing story. There is the occasional lapse into inaccuracy (like situating Lübeck on the North Sea), she occasionally has to rely heavily on other people’s work, and I assume that much has since been superseded by more recent research. Still, it is a valid overview of the state of research at this point in time.
The theoretical construct underlying the analysis, the concept of world system, did not convince me. It looks to me rather like an excuse for sterile and artificial debate among initiates. But that is one of the attending ills of modern science.
On a less happy note: I found her way of arranging her notes by chapter/geographical area infuriating, because some of the names turned up elsewhere and you still had to leaf through the entire bibliography to find them. I also found it heavily biased in favour of English titles, the occasional French source gets a look-in, but usually with a reference to an English translation.… (mer)