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What does attention to a globalized history contribute to an understanding of culture? Are notions of “local culture” or “historical particularism” tenable in light of these readings?
According to these selections, what factors tend to reproduce political economic inequalities in a “postcolonial” world?
Modernization and development are often unproblematically treated as desirable. What are the implications of these selections for our understandings of modernization in subordinated societies?