Foreword | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
The New Creation | p. 1 |
A new world in the making | p. 1 |
Approach and method | p. 10 |
A Theory of Globalization | p. 19 |
Political approach, the end of civility | p. 20 |
Economic approach, the end of geography | p. 24 |
Cultural approach, the end of objectivity | p. 26 |
Religious and secular radical approach, the end of inquiry | p. 30 |
Critique of these paradigms | p. 32 |
Civilizational approach, the restoration of politics | p. 43 |
The Coming of the Information Civilization | p. 63 |
Technological society | p. 65 |
The information revolution | p. 70 |
Features of the new civilization | p. 73 |
Political pluralism, multilateralism | p. 78 |
Economic pluaralism, production sharing | p. 80 |
Cultural pluralism, multiculturalism | p. 83 |
The global public sphere, the Internet | p. 84 |
Clash or dialogue of civilizations | p. 88 |
The Future of Global Governance | p. 95 |
Challenges | p. 97 |
Responses | p. 104 |
Conclusion | p. 127 |
Bibliography | p. 133 |
Index | p. 145 |
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