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This volume brings social and cultural anthropologists into dialogue with historical sociology and illustrates the continued potential of the concept of civilization for all participants.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Introduction Making Contact and Mapping the Terrain
  2. Johann P. Arnason
  3. pp. xiii-xlii
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  1. Chapter 1 Mauss Revisited: The Birth of Civilizational Analysis from the Spirit of Anthropology
  2. Johann P. Arnason
  3. pp. 1-34
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  1. Chapter 2 Approaching Civilization from an Anthropological Perspective: The Complexities of Norbert Elias
  2. Hans Peter Hahn
  3. pp. 35-52
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  1. Chapter 3 Civilizational Analysis and Archaeology: Prospects for Collaboration
  2. Yulia Prozorova
  3. pp. 53-74
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  1. Chapter 4 The Use and Abuse of Civilization: An Assessment from Historical Anthropology for South Arabia’s History
  2. Andre Gingrich
  3. pp. 75-98
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  1. Chapter 5 Civilization as a Key Guiding Idea in South Asia
  2. David N. Gellner
  3. pp. 99-120
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  1. Chapter 6 Indian Imbroglios: Bhakti Neglected; Or, The Missed Opportunities for a New Approach to a Comparative Analysis of Civilizational Diversity
  2. Martin Fuchs
  3. pp. 121-154
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  1. Chapter 7 The Indianization and Localization of Textual Imaginaries: Theravada Buddhist Statecraft in Mainland Southeast Asia and Laos in the Context of Civilizational Analysis
  2. Patrice Ladwig
  3. pp. 155-192
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  1. Chapter 8 Frontier as Civilization?: Sociocultural Dynamics in the Uplands of Southeast Asia
  2. Oliver Tappe
  3. pp. 193-218
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  1. Chapter 9 Anthropology, Civilizational Analysis, and the Malay World
  2. Joel S. Kahn
  3. pp. 219-232
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  1. Chapter 10 Chinese Civilization in Comparative Perspective: Some Markers
  2. Stephan Feuchtwang
  3. pp. 233-258
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  1. Chapter 11 Technological Choices and Modern Material Civilization: Reflections on Everyday Toilet Practices in Rural South China
  2. Gonçalo Santos
  3. pp. 259-280
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  1. Chapter 12 Theoretical Paradigm or Methodological Heuristic?: Reflections on Kulturkreislehre with Reference to China
  2. YANG Shengmin and WU Xiujie
  3. pp. 281-302
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  1. Chapter 13 Nomads and the Theory of Civilizations
  2. Nikolay N. Kradin
  3. pp. 303-322
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  1. Chapter 14 The “Orthodox,” “Eurasian,” or “Russian Orthodox” Civilization?
  2. Milena Benovska-Sabkova
  3. pp. 323-338
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  1. Afterword Anthropology, Eurasia, and Global History
  2. Chris Hann
  3. pp. 339-354
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 355-356
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 357-372
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  1. Back Cover
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