Globalization and civilizations / edited by Mehdi Mozaffari.

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.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Mozaffari, Mehdi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Civilizations and the twenty-first century : some theoretical considerations / Robert W. Cox
  • Globalization, civilizations and world order : a world-constructivist approach / Mehdi Mozaffari
  • Dirst normative global revolution? The uncertain political future of globalization / Richard Falk
  • Standards of civilization today / Gerrit W. Gong
  • Globalization, markets and democracy : an anthropological linkage / Michael Mousseau
  • European civilization : properties and challenges / Edgar Morin
  • Crisis of European civilization : an inter-war diagnosis / Jan Ifversen
  • Eastern perception of the west / Djamshid Behnam
  • Islamic civilization between Medina and Athena / Mehdi Mozaffari
  • What is "Chinese" about Chinese civilization? Culture, institutions and globalization / Xiaoming Huang
  • Globalization and Indian civilization : questionable continuities / Niels Brimnes.