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About CGS
Events
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:00pm
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232 International Studies Building
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Description:
There are many similarities between Laos and Cambodia. Because of these similarities it seems likely that both countries will share the most important traits of their development within the frame of globalization. This paper shows that this is not the case. If one looks at both countries from the perspective of universal history, the differences in their current development are of course insignificant. From this perspective it is impossible, however, to say anything significant about both countries. And if one focuses on a single factor--like the economy or the political system--one overlooks the importance of most other global, regional and local factors. The theoretical thesis of the paper is that one has to look at the whole configuration of factors, which is singular for any historical moment and locality. Under the conditions of globalization, the configuration has to include global and regional factors. Following Pierre Bourdieu, the factors can be analyzed into social fields, forces, and positions. Similarities and differences between Laos and Cambodia are discussed in this framework.
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Full Text of Paper (pdf)
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Speakers:
Boike Rehbein, Sociology, University of Freiburg
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Biography:
Boike Rehbein, acting chair of sociology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Rehbein has studied philosophy, sociology, and history in Freiburg, Paris, Frankfurt, Goettingen and Berlin; he holds a PhD in philosophy (1996) from the University of Freiburg; specialization on Laos, globalization, Bourdieu, and social theory; more than a year of fieldwork in Laos since 1994, several weeks in Cambodia. Publications include a Lao dictionary (Hamburg: Buske 2000), a Lao grammar (Hamburg: Buske 2004), a volume on Bourdieu (Konstanz: UVK 2003) and a book on the effects of globalisation in Laos (Muenster: LIT 2004) (all in German).
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Co-Sponsors:
The Departments of Sociology, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, and the Center for Global Studies.
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