Cultural Hybridity - Softcover

An impressive wide-ranging survey of the different forms and practices of cultural interaction in human history, and of the concepts that we now use to try to understand them. Whether we embrace these influences or resist them, globalization, Burke argues, is leading to the emergence of a new cultural order. This book offers us an indispensable guide to the cultural transformations of our times.
Robert J.C. Young, New York University

An inspiring and illuminating survey of this highly topical and important field. Burke wears his outstanding erudition very lightly, and seeks to inform and enlighten his readers rather than to impress or browbeat them. He manages to encompass, in this brief survey, a wealth of historical roots and ramifications both within and outside Europe, and maintain analytical clarity at all times. Burke’s rigorous, but never rigid, clarity of thought is always flexibly attuned to the complexities of historical experience.
J. Th. Leerssen, University of Amsterdam