Globalization and civilizations /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Civilization, Modern -- 1950- Globalization. Civilization -- Philosophy. East and West. Civilization, Modern. Civilization -- Philosophy. East and West. Globalization. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297459

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Other authors / contributors:	Mozaffari, Mehdi.
ISBN:	0203217977 9780203217979 9786610056712 6610056714 9780415286145 041528614X 9780415286152 0415286158 041528614X 0415286158 0203294602 9780203294604 1280056711 9781280056710
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Globalization and civilizations. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 041528614X 0415286158

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Chapter 1. Civilizations and the Twenty-First Century: Some theoretical considerations
Chapter 2. Globalization, Civilization, and World Order: A World constructivist approach
Chapter 3. The First Normative Global Revolution? The Uncertain Political Future of Globalization
Chapter 4. Standards of Civilization Today
Chapter 5. Globalization, Markets and Democracy
Chapter 6. European Civilization: Properties and Challenges
Chapter 7. The Crisis of European Civilization: an interwar diagnosis
Chapter 8. The Eastern Perception of the West
Chapter 9. Islamic Civilization between Medina and Athena
Chapter 10. What is 'Chinese' about Chinese Civilization? culture, institutions and globalization
Chapter 11. Globalization and Indian Civilization: questionable continuities

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