| Description |
411 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Theory culture & society |
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Theory, culture & society ; 2
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| Contents |
Global Culture: An Introduction -- Mapping the Global Condition: Globalization as the Central Concept -- Culture as the Ideological Battleground of the Modern WorId-System -- Culture and the World-System -- Culture is the World-System: A Reply to Boyne -- Turning World-System Theory on its Head -- Models of the Modern World-System -- Theory, Culture and Post-Industrial Society -- The Idea of Revolution -- Modernity and Ambivalence -- Towards a Global Culture? -- The Dream of a Secular Ecumene: The Meaning and Limits of Policies of Development -- Nationalism, Globalization and Modernity -- |
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Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture -- Conflicts of Culture in Cross-border Legal Relations: The Conception of a Research Topic in the Sociogy of Law -- The Big Bang and the Law: The Internationalization and Restructuration of the Legal Field -- Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy -- Being in the World: Globalization and Localization -- AIDS as a Globalizing Panic -- The Two Faces of Sociology: Global or National? -- The Globalization of Human Society as a Very Long-term Social Process: Elia's Theory -- Privatization and the Public Influence of Religion in Global Society -- Architecture, Capital and the Globalization of Culture |
| Summary |
In this book leading social scientists from many countries analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Is a unified world culture emerging? And if so, how does this relate to existing cultural divisions and to the autonomy of the nation state? Differing explanations are offered for trends towards global unification and their relation to an economic world-system. Will the intensification of global contact produce increasing tolerance of other cultures? Or will an integrating culture produce sharper reactions in the form of fundamentalist and nationalist movements? The contributors explore the emergence of 'third cultures', such as international law, the financial markets and media conglomerates, as elements which transcend the boundaries of the nation state. As well as examining the extent, causation and consequences of global homogenization, the authors consider its implication for the social sciences |
| Analysis |
Culture |
| Notes |
"Published simulataneously as vol. 7, issue 2/3 of Theory, culture & society," -- dust jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
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Culture.
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Globalization.
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International relations.
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Nationalism.
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| Author |
Featherstone, Mike.
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| LC no. |
90061379 |
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