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Examines dimensions of "culture shock" in context of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, focusing on Islamic societies' resentment, Islamic fundamentalism, concept of civilization, and other issues.

Waves of military technological changes have swept through the Eurasian land mass since the dawn of civilization. Military technological changes decisively shaped geopolitics and the fortunes of states, empires and civilizations. In his book Jimmy Teng claims that to understand the impacts of these military technological changes is in fact to understand the causes behind the following major historical puzzles or important facts: the leading position of the Near East during the dawn of civilization; the splendid achievements of Greece, India and China during the axial era; the classical golden age of India under the Gupta Empire; the Abbasid Golden Age of the Islamic world and the Sung Puzzle of China during the medieval era; and the rise of the West during the early modern and modern era.

By focusing on the Italian translations of civilization, the author explores ways in which conceptual change has reflected historical developments in Italy. Unlike the widespread literal translation of civilization from English or French to other languages, civilizzazione has been a marginal term in Italian. On the other hand, terms such as civiltà, more akin to the Latin civitas, are more frequently employed. e article maps out the complex semantics of civitas and how its trajectory in the philosophy of history was uniquely translated into Italian. Whereas in other European nations civilization and the notion of historical progress it conveyed became a central concept, in Italy, due to the elaboration of an identity heavily influenced by Christian heritage, the more static concept of civiltà proved to be more significant.

Concepts of peace are examined in the light of the social cosmology of various civilizations spanning the classical Occident-Orient spectrum. Basic differences between these concepts are explored & efforts are made to relate them to less ideational, more structural aspects of the peace policies of these civilizations. It is hypothesized that as one moves eastward from the Occident the peace concepts -- & peace policies -- become more & more introverted & innerdirected, moving away from global architectonics & toward concepts of inner harmony. How humankind has been shortshrifted by these concepts is noted, the concepts being too external in the Occident & too internal in the Orient -- leading to the obvious need for a dialogue among civilizations with the aim of arriving at richer concepts of peace. Modified HA.

"This book describes how Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers. Like many expansionist states throughout history, Rome instilled something violent and vicious in its soldiers, making them more effective than their opponents. But unlike other civilizations, it did so with part-timers. The Romans perfected civic militarism in a way no other civilization has. It transformed average farmers into ambitious killers capable of conquering the Mediterranean"--

'Religion and the Philosophy of Life' considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on what contemporary scientists tell us, especially evolutionary science and social neuroscience, as well as through the history of civilizations.

По мнению автора, в современных условиях, когда решается судьба цивилизаций, тотальное утверждение либерально-демократических ценностей на территории России ведет к гибели православной семьи и брака как социальной основы славяно-православной цивилизации ; Th e author believes that nowadays, when the fate of civilizations is decided, total adoption of liberal democratic values in Russia leads to destruction of Orthodox family and marriage as the social foundation of Slavic-Orthodox civilization

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT ONE OF THE MOST BASIC HUMAN EXPERIENCES, ONE THAT COULD UNITE ALL OF HUMANITY IS THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSCENDENCE IN THE BROADEST SENSE OF THE WORD. HE NOTES THAT WE HAVE ONE CIVILIZATION, BUT MANY CULTURES AND THAT WE MUST HAVE REPSECT FOR THE TRANSCENDENT. PLANETARY DEMOCRACY DOES NOT YET EXIST, BUT OUR GLOBAL CIVILIZATION IS ALREADY PREPARING A PLACE FOR IT.

The economic, social, legal, political and cultural aspects of problems as a result of the drift of pop towards Ur and industrial centers in underdeveloped countries in process of industrialization were discussed at the 27th Session of the Int Instit of Pol and Soc Sciences in their Applications to Countries with Different Civilizations. The text of the conclusions has been published in Civilizations, 1952, 2, 3. D. Wolsk.

Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World introduces readers to a range of people who lived during the Classic period (200-800 CE) of Maya civilization. Traci Ardren here reconstructs the individual experiences of Maya people across all social arenas and experiences, including less-studied populations, such as elders, children, and non-gender binary people. Putting people, rather than objects, at the heart of her narrative, she examines the daily activities of a small rural household of farmers and artists, hunting and bee-keeping rituals, and the bustling activities of the urban marketplace. Ardren bases her study on up-to-date and diverse sources and approaches, including archaeology, art history, epigraphy, and ethnography. Her volume reveals the stories of ancient Maya people and also shows the relevance of those stories today. Written in an engaging style, Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World offers readers at all levels a view into the amazing accomplishments of a culture that continues to fascinate.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Images -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- 1: Water, Civilization, and Culture -- Introduction -- Reading 1: Water and Early Cultures -- Reading 2: Rivers and National Identity -- Reading 3: Water, Culture, and Memory -- Reading 4: Cultural Myths of Water -- Further Reading -- 2: Water and Landscapes -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 3: Water and Production -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Reading 5 -- Further Reading -- 4: Water and Health -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 5: Water and Equity -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 6: Water and Governance -- Chapter Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 7: Water and Security -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 8: Water and Globalization -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading -- 9: Water and Sustainability -- Introduction -- Reading 1 -- Reading 2 -- Reading 3 -- Reading 4 -- Further Reading.

"Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. In short, progress is an ideology not a fact; a way of thinking about the world as opposed to a description of reality. In the seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which was held in Toronto on November 6, 2015, pioneering cognitive scientist Steven Pinker and influential author Matt Ridley squared off against noted philosopher Alain de Botton and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell to debate whether humankind's best days lie ahead."--Page 4 of cover

In this paper the concept of the boundary of civilizations is discussed on the example of Polish‐Belarusian and Polish‐Ukrainian borderlands. The author starts from the assumption, shared by many historians and sociologists, that civilizations are real cultural entities based on certain long‐lasting patterns of symbolical order. Those patterns are closely related to respective religions like Catholicism and Orthodoxy, but they act even though people's religiosity is weak. The differences between Western Christian and Eastern Christian patterns remain important in a secularized world as well. The author analyses how these civilization differences influence both cross national and political identities in countries, situated on the boundary of civilizations. He shows, in particular, how symbolic patterns shape the identity of Catholic minority in modern Belarus and that of Orthodox minority in today's Poland. Civilizacijų ribos samprata Santrauka Šiame straipsnyje civilizacijos ribos samprata tyrinėjama pasitelkiant lenkų ir baltarusių bei lenkų ir ukrainiečių paribio pavyzdį. Autorius remiasi prielaida, keliama daugelio istorikų ir sociologų, esą civilizacijos yra tam tikri kultūriniai dariniai, kurių pagrindą sudaro ilgalaikiai simbolinės tvarkos modeliai. Šie modeliai yra glaudžiai susiję su atitinkamomis religijomis, tokiomis kaip katalikybė ir stačiatikybė, tačiau jie turi lemiamą įtaką civilizacijoms, net jei žmonių religingumas nėra gilus. Vakarų krikščionybės ir Rytų krikščionybės modelių skirtumai išlieka svarbūs net sekuliarizuotame pasaulyje. Autorius analizuoja, kaip šie civilizacijų skirtumai veikia tautinius ir politinius tapatumus bei kaip su jais kertasi šalyse, įsikūrusiose ties civilizacijų riba. Jis parodo, kaip simboliniai modeliai formuoja katalikų mažumos tapatybę mūsų dienų Baltarusijoje ir stačiatikių mažumos tapatybę nūdienėje Lenkijoje. Reikšminiai žodžiai: civilizacijų riba, etninė mažuma, tautinė tapatybė, simboliniai modeliai, "simbolinė visuma", religija. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010

In this paper the concept of the boundary of civilizations is discussed on the example of Polish‐Belarusian and Polish‐Ukrainian borderlands. The author starts from the assumption, shared by many historians and sociologists, that civilizations are real cultural entities based on certain long‐lasting patterns of symbolical order. Those patterns are closely related to respective religions like Catholicism and Orthodoxy, but they act even though people's religiosity is weak. The differences between Western Christian and Eastern Christian patterns remain important in a secularized world as well. The author analyses how these civilization differences influence both cross national and political identities in countries, situated on the boundary of civilizations. He shows, in particular, how symbolic patterns shape the identity of Catholic minority in modern Belarus and that of Orthodox minority in today's Poland. Civilizacijų ribos samprata Santrauka.Šiame straipsnyje civilizacijos ribos samprata tyrinėjama pasitelkiant lenkų ir baltarusių bei lenkų ir ukrainiečių paribio pavyzdį. Autorius remiasi prielaida, keliama daugelio istorikų ir sociologų, esą civilizacijos yra tam tikri kultūriniai dariniai, kurių pagrindą sudaro ilgalaikiai simbolinės tvarkos modeliai. Šie modeliai yra glaudžiai susiję su atitinkamomis religijomis, tokiomis kaip katalikybė ir stačiatikybė, tačiau jie turi lemiamą įtaką civilizacijoms, net jei žmonių religingumas nėra gilus. Vakarų krikščionybės ir Rytų krikščionybės modelių skirtumai išlieka svarbūs net sekuliarizuotame pasaulyje. Autorius analizuoja, kaip šie civilizacijų skirtumai veikia tautinius ir politinius tapatumus bei kaip su jais kertasi šalyse, įsikūrusiose ties civilizacijų riba. Jis parodo, kaip simboliniai modeliai formuoja katalikų mažumos tapatybę mūsų dienų Baltarusijoje ir stačiatikių mažumos tapatybę nūdienėje Lenkijoje. Reikšminiai žodžiai: civilizacijų riba, etninė mažuma, tautinė tapatybė, simboliniai modeliai, "simbolinė visuma", religija. First Published Online: 14 Oct ...