Western Civilization in the 21st century /

This book took the task of conceptualizing Western civilization in the 21st century. It examines Western Civilization and its encounters from a viewpoint of the impact of rising Global civilizations in the 21st century. This political and technological success of Western civilization in the last 500...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Targowski, Andrew, 1937- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]
Collection:Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Sujets:
2000-2099
Civilization, Western > History > 21st century.
Civilization, Modern > 21st century.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Virtual reality > Social aspects.
Civilisation occidentale > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Civilisation > 21e siècle.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Réalité virtuelle > Aspect social.
HISTORY > World.
Civilization, Modern.
Civilization, Western.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword
  • Part I. Civilizing and globalizing society
  • The civilization index and Western civilization
  • Spatio-temporal boundaries of western civilization
  • The life cycle of Western civilization
  • Legacy of western civilization
  • Western civilization in transformation to global and virtual civilizations in the 21st century
  • Part II. Globalizing and virtualizing culture
  • Culture fragmentation of Western-global-virtual civilization
  • From multiculturalism to hybrid culture in Western-global-virtual civilization
  • Part III. Globalizing and virtualizing infrastructure
  • The expanding infrastructure of Western-global-virtual civilization
  • Western-global-virtual civilization and the clash of civilizations in the 21st century
  • Afterword.

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