Globalization and Civilizations
by Mozaffari, MehdiPub. Date: 2004-01-14
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Uniquely, critically interrogates the concept of 'civilization' by asking whether it is still valid in the globalized world economy of the twenty-first century. Includes case studies on the Arab world, Islam, China and Japan.
Table of Contents
| Preface and Acknowledgements | |
| Notes on contributors | |
| Civilizations and the Twenty-First Century: Some theoretical considerations | |
| Globalization, Civilization, and World Order: A World constructivist approach | |
| The First Normative Global Revolution? The Uncertain Political Future of Globalization | |
| Standards of Civilization Today | |
| Globalization, Markets and Democracy | |
| European Civilization: Properties and Challenges | |
| The Crisis of European Civilization: an interwar diagnosis | |
| The Eastern Perception of the West | |
| Islamic Civilization between Medina and Athena | |
| What is 'Chinese' about Chinese Civilization? culture, institutions and globalization | |
| Globalization and Indian Civilization: questionable continuities | |
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