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European imperialists began to dream of other kinds of wealth besides gold in the New World Louis Booker Wright was a graduate of Wofford College, and was at various times a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Benjamin Franklin Medalist, and he held honorary degrees from, among others, Princeton, Tulane, and California State University-Fulerton. He was the author of a number of books, including The Atlantic Frontier: Colonial American Civilization 1607-1763, Gold, Glory, and the Gospel: the Adventurous Lives of the Renaissance Explorers, Culture on the Moving Frontier, and The Dream of Prosp

The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book provides an extraordinary resource for thinking clearly about the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil. In nine essays and responses, leading thinkers ask how ethical pluralism can be underst

Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China explores the complex. history and sociology of the middle class from a comparative perspective. It has. papers written by sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists rather. than economists, so the emphasis is on cultural shifts rather than economic statistics.The. major contribution of this volume is that these two emerging powers of Asia are. not, as is usual, compared to the West, but with each other. Considering that. these two societies have so much in common in scale, civilization history and. as emerging economies, the b

This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive thinking on the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. The author argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such cataegories have collapsed. The West is no longer a unified actor and Islam is ideologically exhausted in its confontation with colonialism. Rather we are seeing the emergence of the US as a lone superpower, and a confrontation between a form of imperial globalized capital and a new Islamic theodicy.

'From The Passion of the Christ to the presumed 'clash of civilizations', religion's role in culture is increasingly contested and mediated. Key Words in Religion, Media, and Culture is a welcome and interdisciplinary contribution that maps the territory for those who aim to make sense of it all. Highlighting the important concepts guiding state-of-the-art research into religion, media, and culture, this book is bound to become an important and frequently consulted resource among scholars both seasoned and new to the field.' - Lynn Schofield Clark , author of From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers

By almost any measure, the United States is the most powerful nation in the history of civilization. Our resources are immense. But they are not limitless. Today national security requires agility to stay a step ahead of threats that can rapidly appear and change, and endurance to deal with challengers that are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. The central question for U.S. leaders today is how can we retain our strategic advantage and continue to set the agenda for world affairs? All our other goalsùpromoting freedom, prosperity, human rights, and ensuring the security of Americansùdepend o

Exploring models for masculinity as they appear in major works of Greek literature, this book combines literary, historical, and psychological insights to examine how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life. The thoughts and actions of Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and other enduring characters from Greek literature reflect the imperatives that the ancient Greeks saw as governing a man's life as he moved from childhood to adult maturity to old age. Because the Greeks believed that men (as opposed to women) were by nature the proper agents of human civilization within the lar

How important are foreign affairs in the grand scheme of civilization? Do defenses against the invasion of strangers influence the evolution of culture? Drawing on decades of experience in government as well as in the academy, William R. Polk offers a uniquely informed, comprehensive view of foreign relations. Bridging academic disciplines he treats foreign affairs as they occur in the real world. Instead of separating diplomacy, intelligence and espionage, defense and warfare, trade and aid, intervention and law from one another, he shows how they interact and together form a whole pattern wi

This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialis

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Rights for All? -- 1 Can We Avoid a Clash of Civilizations? -- 2 Can We Allow the Free Movement of People? -- 3 Can We Diminish War? -- 4 Can We Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons? -- 5 How Far and Fast Can We Push the Frontier of Human Rights Observance? -- 6 Can Human Rights Be Pursued by Making War? -- 7 Does the United Nations Have What It Takes? -- 8 Can We Feed All the People? -- 9 How Far Can Human Development Progress? -- 10 Does Africa Have a Future? -- 11 Will China Dominate the Century? -- Index.

Native California before the missions -- All the world's a stage for Spain -- Exploration and settlement -- Establishment of the missions -- The messengers of St. Francis -- Conversion and mission life -- The women of mission California -- Spanish and Mexican settlement -- Colonial soldiers and the Presidio -- Style and layout of mission buildings -- Farming -- Mission trades and economy -- Indians of the missions -- Changing rule of the missions -- The decline of a civilization -- The cycle of decline and restoration -- Conclusion : the colonial rosary -- Appendix A : research and resources -- Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians

Ch. 1. -- Introduction / -- Jim Dator, Dick Pratt and Yongseok Seo -- The need for global dialogue / -- Walt Anderson -- Ch. 2. -- What is globalization? / -- Jim Dator -- From the local to the global / -- Walt Anderson -- Ch. 3. -- What is fairness? / -- Jim Dator -- Culture and fairness : the idea of civilization fairness / -- Sohail Inayatullah -- Globalization and fairness / -- Edgar Porter -- Ch. 4. -- What are public institutions? / -- Dick Pratt -- Ch. 5. -- Through a glass, darkly : an economic view of fairness, globalization, and states / -- Christopher Grandy -- The contested terrain of outsourcing / -- Dick Pratt -- Ch. 6. -- Fairness and globalization / -- James Rosenau

This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. Plato's Fable provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. How, in light of these tendencies, can humankind be saved? Joshua Mitchell discusses the question in unprecedented depth by examining one of the great books of Western civilization. He draws us beyond the ancients/moderns debate, and beyond the notion that Plato's Republic is best understood as shedding light on the.

Introduction: the Olympic Games and the meaning of world culture -- Analyzing world culture: alternative theories -- Tracing world culture: a brief history -- Constructing world culture: UN meetings as global ritual -- Sustaining world culture: the infrastructure of technology and organizations -- Differentiating world culture: national identity and the pursuit of diversity -- Transforming world culture: the antiglobalization movement as cultural critique -- Expanding world culture: Pentecostalism as a global movement -- Opposing world culture: Islamism and the clash of civilizations -- Instituting world culture: the International Criminal Court and global governance -- Epilogue: reflections on world culture.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION TO THE ALDINETRANSACTION EDITION -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY -- PART TWO. IDEOLOGY -- 1. Images of the Frontier -- 2. Rural Images -- 3. Urban Images -- 4. The Imagery of Immigration and Ethnicity -- 5. Images of Industrialization, I -- 6. Images of Industrialization, II -- 7. Images of Civilization -- PART THREE. A THEORY OF MOBILITY -- 8. Direction and Distance -- 9. Temporal Aspects of Mobility -- 10. The Articulation of Concerns -- 11 . The Shape of Mobility -- EPILOGUE: THE VARIABLE SOCIETY, CHINESE BOXES, AND THE CONCERNED CITIZEN -- INDEX