Edinburgh University Press The Moral Mappings of South and North (Annual of European and Global Studies)

The term 'Global South' marks a new attempt a providing order and meaning in the current global political constellation, replacing the term 'Third World'. But the term 'Global South' is fraught with many ambiguities. This book explores the possible meanings of this new distinction and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, looking at how the way that we interpret the world has changed over time. From the Inside Flap This fourth volume analyses the recent global transformation that heralded the supposed demise of Third World and the emergence of the Global South. Essays in this collection explore whether the distinction between Global South and Global North is useful for understanding the current global constellation. It does so by casting a wide exploratory net, not limiting itself to the dominant politico-economic meaning, but addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation as well as wider cultural-intellectual meanings. It draws on analyses in global history, conceptual history, comparative literature, social and political theory, political philosophy and social history to develop a comprehensive inter-disciplinary perspective on the uses of South and North.Peter Wagner is Research Professor of Sociology at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and at the University of Barcelona. From the Back Cover This fourth volume analyses the recent global transformation that heralded the supposed demise of "Third World" and the emergence of the "Global South". Essays in this collection explore whether the distinction between "Global South" and "Global North" is useful for understanding the current global constellation. It does so by casting a wide exploratory net, not limiting itself to the dominant politico-economic meaning, but addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation as well as wider cultural-intellectual meanings. It draws on analyses in global history, conceptual history, comparative literature, social and political theory, political philosophy and social history to develop a comprehensive inter-disciplinary perspective on the uses of "South" and "North". Peter Wagner is Research Professor of Sociology at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and at the University of Barcelona. About the Author Peter Wagner is CREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona.