Many Globalizations Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World

by Berger, Peter L.; Huntington, Samuel P.

• ISBN13: 9780195151466
• ISBN10: 0195151461
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Much discussed but poorly understood, globalization is praised as the answer to all the world's problems and blamed for everything from pollution to poverty. In Many Globalizations , Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington bring together an array of scholars from around the world, who paint a far subtler and more richly shaded portrait, showing both the power and the unexpected consequences of this great force. Here the stereotypes of globalization as American imperialism on the one hand or economic cure-all on the other fall apart under the close scrutiny of these leading scholars. Looking at globalization in countries such as Chile, Japan, South Africa, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Taiwan, India, and the United States, they show that an emerging global culture does indeed exist, one that is heavily American in origin and content, but that is far from a centrally directed force like classic imperialism--nor is it simply a "metastasized Disneyland." They examine the currents that carry this culture, from a worldwide class of young professionals to nongovernmental organizations, and define globalization's many variations (ranging from Buddhist influences to Islamic modernism) as well as subglobalizations that bind regions together. The authors also draw attention to globalizing forces that have escaped media scrutiny, such as the role of evangelical Protestantism (which both adapts to local languages and cultures, and introduce distinctively American values) and Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic movement that originated in Spain. Analytical, incisive and stimulating, Many Globalizations offers rare insight into perhaps the central issue of modern times, one that is changing the West as much as the developing world.

Author Biography

Peter Berger is University Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture. Samuel P. Huntington is Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University and Chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies in the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is the author of The Clash of Civilizations and the Making of World Order and co-editor of Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
The Cultural Dynamics of Globalization	1	(16)
Peter L. Berger
Part One Globalization and Alternative Modernities	17	(100)
Managed Globalization
State Power and Cultural Transition in China	19	(29)
Yunxiang Yan
Coexistence and Synthesis
Cultural Globalization and Localization in Contemporary Taiwan	48	(20)
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
Aspects of Globalization in Contemporary Japan	68	(49)
Tamotsu Aoki
``A Tryst with Destiny''
The Indian Case of Cultural Globalization	89	(28)
Tulasi Srinivas
Part Two Globalization and Regional Subglobalization	117	(66)
Cultural Globalization in Germany	119	(64)
Hansfried Kellner
Hans-Georg Soeffner
Rival Temptations and Passive Resistance
Cultural Globalization in Hungary	146	(37)
Janos Matyas Kovacs
Part Three Globalization on the Periphery	183	(138)
Globalization, Culture, and Development
Can South Africa be More than an Offshoot of the West?	185	(65)
Ann Bernstein
Trends toward Globalization in Chile	250	(71)
Arturo Fontaine Talavera
Cultural Globalization in Turkey
Actors, Discourses, Strategies	296	(25)
Ergun Ozbudun
E. Fuat Keyman
Part Four The American Vortex	321	(38)
In the Vanguard of Globalization
The World of American Globalizers	323	(36)
James Davison Hunter
Joshua Yates
Index	359