Globalization : social theory and global culture /

Robertson, Roland,

Globalization : social theory and global culture / [print] Roland Robertson. - London : Sage, (c)1992. - x, 211 pages ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture and society (Unnumbered) . - Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) .



Globalization as a problem -- The cultural turn -- Mapping the global condition -- World-systems theory, culture and images of world order -- Japanese globality and Japanese religion -- The universalism-particularism issue -- 'Civilization,' civility and the civilizing process -- Globalization theory and civilization analysis -- Globality, modernity and the issue of postmodernity -- Globalization and the nostalgic paradigm -- 'The search for fundamentals' in global perspective -- Concluding reflections.



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Culture.
International relations.
Cultural relations.

HM101.R651.G563 1992