World culture : origins and consequences / / Frank J. Lechner and John Boli

• Record Nr.: UNISA996208306203316
• Autore: Lechner Frank J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2005]; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-280-19759-5; 9786610197590; 0-470-77586-6; 1-4051-4117-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetti: Culture
• 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 (pages [241]-260) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: the Olympic Games and the meaning of world culture -- Analyzing world culture: alternative theories -- Tracing world culture: a brief history -- Constructing world culture: UN meetings as global ritual -- Sustaining world culture: the infrastructure of technology and organizations -- Differentiating world culture: national identity and the pursuit of diversity -- Transforming world culture: the antiglobalization movement as cultural critique -- Expanding world culture: Pentecostalism as a global movement -- Opposing world culture: Islamism and the clash of civilizations -- Instituting world culture: the International Criminal Court and global governance -- Epilogue: reflections on world culture.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining several of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture, including the world polity approach and globalization theory, the book gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies. This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs. Traces world ; culture back from the mid-19th cen