Globalization and civilizations / edited by Mehdi Mozaffari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mozaffari, Mehdi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--1950-.

Civilization, Modern.

Globalization.

Civilization--Philosophy.

Civilization.

East and West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-44894-5

0-203-29460-2

1-280-05671-1

0-203-21797-7

9780203217979

OCLC:

475888894