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Border Crossings (review)

Border Crossings (review) journal of world history, fall 2002 Border Crossings. Edited by fred da l l m ay r . Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 1999. Pp. ix + 313. $24.95 (paper). Great oaks from small acorns grow. Sometimes. It depends on the quality of the acorn. Here, in the idea of inaugurating a global comparative political theory, there is the potential for a mighty intellectual oak; unfortunately, the nut leaves much to be desired. I write this with disappointment, because the idea is excellent. I opened the book with anticipation, looking forward to discovering a new field, deriving not from the "citadel of a global hegemony" (largely dominated by the U.S. and European intellectuals) but from the "voices from across the global spectrum." The book does not deliver. The collection of essays is a ragbag, while the editor's introduction fails to bring the whole together in a manner calculated to begin a new era in political theory --the book's backpage promise. That said, there are rich pickings, but readers should not expect to finish the book knowing how to "do" comparative political theory. The book is a start, nevertheless, and it is possible to draw out three themes at least http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

Border Crossings (review)

Booth, Ken
Journal of World History , Volume 13 (2) – Oct 1, 2002
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journal of world history, fall 2002 Border Crossings. Edited by fred da l l m ay r . Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 1999. Pp. ix + 313. $24.95 (paper). Great oaks from small acorns grow. Sometimes. It depends on the quality of the acorn. Here, in the idea of inaugurating a global comparative political theory, there is the potential for a mighty intellectual oak; unfortunately, the nut leaves much to be desired. I write this with disappointment, because the idea is excellent. I opened the book with anticipation, looking forward to discovering a new field, deriving not from the "citadel of a global hegemony" (largely dominated by the U.S. and European intellectuals) but from the "voices from across the global spectrum." The book does not deliver. The collection of essays is a ragbag, while the editor's introduction fails to bring the whole together in a manner calculated to begin a new era in political theory --the book's backpage promise. That said, there are rich pickings, but readers should not expect to finish the book knowing how to "do" comparative political theory. The book is a start, nevertheless, and it is possible to draw out three themes at least

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