Globalization, urbanization, and civil society: a non-western critique

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Urbanism in the Age of Globalization: Home and Social Bond -- Issues and Debate -- Theoretical Framework -- Global Urbanism and Social Bond -- Global Urbanism, Crimes, and Radicalism -- Global Urbanism and Pandemic -- Global Urbanism, Civil Liberty, and Surveillance -- Global Urbanism and Socioeconomic Inequality -- Global Urbanism and Fascism -- Global Urbanism and Climate Change -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Public Sphere and the Question of Political Power in the Age of Digital Information Technology -- Issues and Debate -- Theoretical Framework -- Public Sphere and Civil Liberty -- Public Sphere as Political Platform -- Public Sphere and Corporate Capitalism -- Public Sphere and Big-Tech Corporations -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Alienation and Urban Globalization: A Consequence of Modern Existential Addiction? -- Issues and Debate -- Theoretical Framework of Alienation -- Alienation as a Socio-Philosophical Issue -- Alienation and Suicide -- Alienation and Corporate Capitalism -- Alienation and Addiction to Technological Connectivity -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 4 American Fascism in the Age of Globalization: The Specter After Trump's Presidency (2016-2020) -- Issues and Debate -- Theoretical Framework of Fascism -- Fascism and Existential Alienation -- American Fascism and Spiritual Despair -- American Fascism and Racial Exceptionalism -- American Fascism and Globalization -- American Fascism and Evangelical Conservativism -- American Fascism and Media -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Shame and Disgrace in Politics: Donald Trump's American Presidency (2016-2020) -- Issues and Debate -- Theoretical Framework -- Trump: The Person -- Trump and Christianity -- Trump and Media.

"Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context. The establishment of civil society is essential for urbanism and the global community because it is the sense and essence of development concerning what humankind is, as a collective entity on the globe. This thought-provoking book covers the multidimensional aspects, issues, challenges, and consequences of geopolitics and globalization on civil society, including freedom in the public sphere, alienation, neo-fascism, social cohesion, racial inequality, political narcissism, political-economic exceptionalism, Islamic radicalism, social justice, and resistance. The author brings a fresh and essentially non-Western critical perspective to bear on the fundamental challenges faced by civil society as a result of the globalization of corporate capitalism in the Digital Age, as well as providing a rich perspective on colonialism. This book will appeal to scholars and graduate students of geopolitics and globalization, global development, sociology, international relations, cultural studies, psychology, and philosophy, as well as practitioners and policymakers who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the field of global studies"--

"Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context. The establishment of civil society is essential for urbanism and the global community because it is the sense and essence of development concerning what humankind is, as a collective entity on the globe. This thought-provoking book covers the multidimensional aspects, issues, challenges, and consequences of geopolitics and globalization on civil society, including freedom in the public sphere, alienation, neo-fascism, social cohesion, racial inequality, political narcissism, political-economic exceptionalism, Islamic radicalism, social justice, and resistance. The author brings a fresh and essentially non-Western critical perspective to bear on the fundamental challenges faced by civil society as a result of the globalization of corporate capitalism in the Digital Age, as well as providing a rich perspective on colonialism. This book will appeal to scholars and graduate students of geopolitics and globalization, global development, sociology, international relations, cultural studies, psychology, and philosophy, as well as practitioners and policymakers who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the field of global studies"--