Globalization on trial : the human condition and the information civilization /
"What is the human condition at the dawning of the global age? Drawing upon his own extensive experience, as well as upon the thoughts of Western and "non-Western" scholars and philosophers, Farhang Rajaee provides a fresh and critical inquiry into the nature of globalization." &...
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Ottawa : West Hartford, Conn. :
International Development Research Centre ; Kumarian Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / John Sigler
- Ch. 1. The New Creation. A new world in the making. Approach and method
- Ch. 2. A Theory of Globalization. Political approach, the end of civility. Economic approach, the end of geography. Cultural approach, the end of objectivity. Religious and secular radical approach, the end of inquiry. Critique of these paradigms. Civilizational approach, the restoration of politics
- Ch. 3. The Coming of the Information Civilization. Technological society. The information revolution. Features of the new civilizations. Political pluralism, multilateralism. Economic pluralism, production sharing. Cultural pluralism, multiculturalism. The global public sphere, the Internet. Clash or dialogue of civilizations
- Ch. 4. The Future of Global Governance. Challenges. Responses.
