Western Civilization in the 21st century /

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Author / Creator:	Targowski, Andrew, 1937- author.
Imprint:	New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Focus on civilizations and cultures Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Subject:	Civilization, Western -- History -- 21st century. Civilization, Modern -- 21st century. Globalization -- Social aspects. Virtual reality -- Social aspects. Civilization, Modern. Civilization, Western. Globalization -- Social aspects. Virtual reality -- Social aspects. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348900

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ISBN:	9781634823258 1634823257 9781634823029 1634823028
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This book took the task of conceptualizing Western civilization in the 21st century. It examines Western Civilization and its encounters from a viewpoint of the impact of rising Global civilizations in the 21st century. This political and technological success of Western civilization in the last 500 years triggered a dream of spreading around the globe Democracy and liberal Capitalism. Western society was held together by Christian morality (regardless whether someone was a believer or a non-believer or agnostic). The medicine for all shortcomings faced by Western civilization in the 21st cent.
Other form:	Print version: Western Civilization in the 21st century New York : Nova Publishers, [2015] 9781634823029 (hardcover)

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Part I. Civilizing and globalizing society
The civilization index and Western civilization
Spatio-temporal boundaries of western civilization
The life cycle of Western civilization
Legacy of western civilization
Western civilization in transformation to global and virtual civilizations in the 21st century
Part II. Globalizing and virtualizing culture
Culture fragmentation of Western-global-virtual civilization
From multiculturalism to hybrid culture in Western-global-virtual civilization
Part III. Globalizing and virtualizing infrastructure
The expanding infrastructure of Western-global-virtual civilization
Western-global-virtual civilization and the clash of civilizations in the 21st century
Afterword.

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