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This work is the result of the Forum 2000 conferences initiated by Václav Havel and Elie Wiesel. The book is based mainly on the first five conferences which were held in Prague from 1997.  The first essay written by Václav Havel deals with spiritual preconditions of the global survival of humankind, and the second one is the quintessence of Havel's views on the world which we have inherited as well as his views on our hopes for the future. The book closes with Havel's personal reflection on the deeper meaning and aim of the Forum 2000 meetings.  Subsequent chapters analyze and interpret the ideas that were expressed by the speakers and interlocutors of the first five conferences in which they tried to identify and understand the primary issues facing mankind globally. Reflections deal with the main dimensions of globalization and with their synchronicities as well as asynchronicities based on the quintessences of the annual conference reports.

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Author:   Jirí Musil ,  Tomas Vrba ,  Tomas Vrba
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9789637326950

ISBN 10:   9637326952
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 May 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

How the Idea of Forum 2000 Emerged Part 1 Spiritual Preconditions of Our Common Global Survival Vaclav Havel; The World We Have Inherited, Our World Today, and Hopes for the Future Vaclav Havel; Part 2 Problems and Visions of Today World Importance of the Context Ji i Musil; Globalization, Society and Culture Ji i Musil; Two Examples of Socio-Cultural Disintegration Caused by Globalization Takeaki Hori; The Transformations of Religion in the Process of Globalization Toma' Halik; Political Globalization Ji i Pehe; An Economic View of the World Jana Markova Global Environmental Problems Vaclav Mez icky Both the Rationality of Precise Analysis and the Naivety of Ideals Are Needed Vladimir Karfik; Why Forum 2000? Vaclav Havel; Appendix Prague Declaration, Photos

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Jirí Musil is Professor of Sociology at the Central European University in Budapest and Warsaw and at Charles University in Prague. He was the first Academic Director of the Prague College of CEU. He is a member of the “Academia Europea” and “Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea” and a founding member of the Czech Learned Society. His main professional fields are urban and regional sociology and sociology of culture. Tomáš Vrba is an editor, translator, journalist, and Professor at the New York University in Prague. 

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