Globаl Culturе : Nаtionаlism Globаlizаtion аnd Modеrnity
Publisher: Sаgе Publicаtions Ltd
Number of Pages: 411
Published: 1990-08-01
List price: $52.95
Recent decades have seen intensified flows of people, commodities, money, ideas, information and images on a global level. Is a unified world culture emerging? And if so, how does this relate to existing cultural divisions and to the autonomy of the nation state? In this book leading social scientists from many countries analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalizaton of culture. Differing explanations are offered for trends towards global unification and their relation to an economic world-system. The contributors explore the emergence of `third cultures’, such as inte...