Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index
Part I: Theoretical engagements in civilisational analysis. Civilisations debated : uses and critiques of 'civilisation' -- Currents and perspectives in contemporary civilisational analysis -- Counterpoints, critiques, dialogues -- Inter-civilisational engagement : imaginaries, power, connected worlds -- Part II: Studies in inter-civilisational engagement. Salt water horizons : seas, oceans and civilisations -- Pacific imaginaries : ontologies of connection, reconstruction of memory -- Engagement in the cross-currents of history : perspectives on civilisation in Latin America -- Japan in engagement and the discourses of civilisation -- Conclusion
