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Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations
Guy Ankerl
其他書名
Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western : a Scientific Essay
出版INU PRESS, 2000
主題History / WorldHistory / CivilizationLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Communication StudiesPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / GlobalizationSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN28815500459782881550041
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hzr4-09oo3MC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Some important questions are discussed in this book: Are there any civilisations other than the Western one living in our so-called Global-Age? 'Eastern civilisation'? Is the concept of East anything more than non-West? Or does there exist, in reality, a distinct Chinese, Indian, Arabo-Muslim, and Western civilisation? Is the construction of large civilisation-states such as China and India an unparalleled historical achievement? Do economic ties always eclipse other forms of affiliation such as those formed through kinship or between speech communities? What is the role of the 'Latin' and the Jewish Peoples in our Anglo-American-led Western world? Is English today the global language or merely an international one? Is the Chinese thought pattern closely related to its writing system? Is today's world one of (symmetrical) interdependence? Or rather one of hegemony? If the so-called North-South or East-West dialogue fails in constructing a universally accepted world civilisation, then what is the appropriate arrangement for reaching such a consensus within humankind?