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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451049803321

Titolo

Globalization and civilizations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mehdi Mozaffari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

0-203-29460-2

1-280-05671-1

0-203-21797-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MozaffariMehdi

Disciplina

327

909.82

Soggetti

Civilization, Modern - 1950-

Globalization

Civilization - Philosophy

East and West

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Globalization and Civilizations; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Civilizations and the Twenty-First Century: Some Theoretical Considerations; 2. Globalization, Civilizations and World Order: A World-Constructivist Approach; 3. The First Normative Global Revolution?: The Uncertain Political Future of Globalization; 4. Standards of Civilization Today; 5. Globalization, Markets and Democracy: An Anthropological Linkage; 6. European Civilization: Properties and Challenges; 7. The Crisis of European Civilization: An Inter-War Diagnosis

8. The Eastern Perception of the West9. Islamic Civilization Between Medina and Athena; 10. What Is "Chinese" About Chinese Civilization? Culture, Institutions and Globalization; 11. Globalization and Indian Civilization: Questionable Continuities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Globalization and Civilizations challenges established assumptions about the nature of civilizations and the supposed inevitability of the conflict between the Islamic and Western worlds. Uniquely, this edited



book critically interrogates the concept of 'civilization' by asking whether it is still valid in the globalized world economy of the twenty-first century. The first half of the book provides an historical and theoretical context to understand the idea of 'civilization' in political science and demonstrates how the various social, economic, political and cultural processes of gl