The Dynamics of Transculturality Concepts and Institutions in Motion

The purpose of this volume is to identify and analyze the mechanisms and processes through which concepts and institutions of transcultural phenomena gain and are given momentum. Applied to a range of cases, including examples drawn from ancient Greece an

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Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context

Series Editors: Madeleine Herren Thomas Maissen Joseph Maran Axel Michaels Barbara Mittler

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8753

Antje Flu¨chter • Jivanta Scho¨ttli Editors

The Dynamics of Transculturality Concepts and Institutions in Motion

Editors Antje Flu¨chter IKOS University of Oslo Oslo Norway

Jivanta Scho¨ttli Research Center for Distributional Conflict and Globalisation Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany

ISSN 2191-656X ISSN 2191-6578 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-09739-8 ISBN 978-3-319-09740-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09740-4 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014954642 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Cover illustration: Roof details at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), Mumbai. Copyright: UNESCO/ Francesco Bandarin. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgments

The editors would like to thank a number of people who have been essential in making this book possible. At first, we are grateful to the Cluster of Excellence for bringing together such a wide range of scholars and themes and for encouraging p