Overview

Are we experiencing a 'clash of civilizations'? Can the Islamic and Western worlds be reconciled? Has globalization eroded differences between civilizations? 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 globalization have radically altered perceptions of civilization. The second half of the book looks particularly at non-Western examples of the interaction between globalization and civilization and includes case studies on the Arab world, Islam, China, India and Europe

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Author:   Mehdi Mozaffari
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415286145

ISBN 10:   041528614
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface and Notes on contributors Chapter 1. Civilizations and the Twenty-First Century: Some theoretical considerations Robert W.Cox Chapter 2. Globalization, Civilization, and World Order: A World constructivist approach Mehdi Mozaffari Chapter 3. The First Normative Global Revolution? The Uncertain Political Future of Globalization Richard Falk Chapter 4. Standards of Civilization Today Gerrit W.Gong Chapter 5. Globalization, Markets and Democracy Michael Mousseau Chapter 6. European Civilization: Properties and Challenges: Edgar Morin Chapter 7. The Crisis of European Civilization: an interwar diagnosis Jan Ifversen Chapter 8. The Eastern Perception of the West Djamshid Behnam Chapter 9. Islamic Civilization between Medina and Athena Mehdi Mozaffari Chapter 10. What is 'Chinese' about Chinese Civilization? culture, institutions and globalization Xiaoming Huang Chapter 11. Globalization and Indian Civilization: questionable continuities Niels Brimnes

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'Globalization and Civilizations must be read by all serious scholars of civilizations, if only for the crucial elucidations of the complex ways in which contemporary global capitalism and civilizations are mutually constituted.' - Cooperation and Conflict

Author Information

Mehdi Mozaffari is currently head of department of International Relations at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is a former Professor at Tehran University and a lecturer at Sorbonne, University of Paris.

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