Globalization and Specific Features in the Development of World Cultures

In: International affairs: a Russian journal of world politics, diplomacy and international relations, Band 61, Heft 3

Abstract

Few people would presently question self-importance of a cultural factor in world politics. One could easily agree with the British political scientist A. Hopkins who held that culture has always been impacting global processes, despite the fact that researchers have long been giving preference to politics and the economy over culture when evaluating global phenomena. Historically, globalization trends were more rapidly growing during the inter-civilization wars, ages of great geographical discoveries, religious expansionism, European cultural influence on the external world throughout the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, industrial and scientific discoveries, as well as the colonial division of the world. Here, Skachkov examines the impact of Western cultural expansion. Adapted from the source document.