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Titolo: | Globalization and civilizations / / editor, Mehdi Mozaffari |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) |
Disciplina: | 327 |
909.82 | |
Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Modern - 1950- |
Globalization | |
Civilization - Philosophy | |
East and West | |
Altri autori: | MozaffariMehdi |
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 West; 9. 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Globalization and civilizations |
ISBN: | 1-134-44894-5 |
0-203-29460-2 | |
1-280-05671-1 | |
0-203-21797-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783710003321 |
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