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Globalization on Trial : the Human Condition and the Information Civilization by Rajaee, Farhang is a book available to read on EtoBox.
"Brilliant, profound, and very timely for anyone trying to understand the meaning and implications of the phenomenon of globalization today." —William F. Ryan, S.J. (author of Culture, Spirituality, and Economic Development) What is the human condition at the dawning of the global age? Drawing upon his own extensive experience, as well as upon the thoughts of Western and "non-Western" scholars and philosophers, Farhang Rajaee provides a fresh and critical inquiry into the nature of globalization. Globalization on Trial challenges the conventional view that equates globalization with the expansion of the capitalist economic system. With a broad historical and holistic brush, the author presents a view of globalization that is both multidisciplinary and multicultural. What opportunities must we seize? What dangers must we overcome? Rajaee examines human governance and the paradox of globalism and nationalism (or "nativism"), providing a particularly fresh perspective on Islamic civilization. He also focuses on our education system and how it will have to adapt to meet the new challenges of our global, information age. Globalization on Trial will interest researchers, scholars,a
- Author
- Rajaee, Farhang
- Publisher
- Ottawa: International Development Research Centre ; West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780889369092
- Subjects
- Technology, Science, Anthropology