Clash or complement of cultures? : peace and productivity in the new global reality / Hector E. Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Hector E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Cultural relations.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, [2017]

Summary:

This book recommends balance between cooperation and competition in intercultural/international relations, with more emphasis on the former. To make this possible, it describes a paradigm shift and demonstrates why it is logical and how it can be attained--thus going beyond traditional legal and moral compliance. Compliance has been insufficient because morality has been significantly dismissed as a "soft value," and civil rights laws have been circumvented and frequently ineffective. Book proposes that revolutionary changes caused by globalization require an equivalent paradigm. Interdependence inherent to globalization will not function if winning-is-the-only-thing mindset continues to prevail in U.S. and the West. Cultural Complementarity is validated through respected principles and practices in quantum physics, education, business and economics. End chapters focus on national and international applications of paradigm. Appendices have data and suggested programs to test and implement the theory.

Contents:

History and violence

Race : a red herring

Cultural blind spots

Paradigms define the limits of plans and intentions

Differences can be perceived as complements or as barriers

Adversarial competition and other obstacles

Leaving the past behind ; choosing forgiveness

Cultural complementarity paradigm

Cultural complementarity and an American renaissance : applications of CC in the U.S. economy, education, and society

Meaningless and globalization

A vision of meaning within globalization

A world with less poverty and greater overall prosperity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7618-6831-3