The World : A Beginner's Guide
Göran. Therborn
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Therborn, Gèoran (Author)
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (277 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; PROLOGUE: IN THE BEGINNING THERE IS . . .; INTRODUCTION: HUMANKIND AND ITS WORLD; 1: WHY WE ARE WHO WE ARE: A SOCIOCULTURAL GEOLOGY OF TODAY'S WORLD; The Rock of Civilizations; Family-Sex-Gender Systems; Sediments of Six Waves of Globalization; Pathways to Modernity and Their Legacy; Legacies of the Routes to Modernity; The Modern Fate of Religions; Windows of Opportunity; 2: WORLD DYNAMICS: HUMAN EVOLUTION AND ITS DRIVERS; Modes of Livelihood : The Ups and Downs of Capitalism, and the Rest; Population Ecology and the Ending of Modern Ecological Emancipation. - The Ethnic, Religious, and Sexual Dynamics of Recognition and RespectPolitics of Collective Power: State Apotheosis; Culture: Modernism Globalized, Accelerated and Chastened; Channels of Operation; Global Processes; National Processes; 3: THE CURRENT WORLD STAGE; Scenography: World Space; The Big Players; 4: OUR TIME ON EARTH: COURSES OF LIFE; Birth and Survival; Childhood; Youth: Sex and Culture; Adulthood; Old Age; An Ideal Twenty-first Century Life-course; Death and After; CONCLUSION: HOW WE GOT HERE, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING; How Did We Get Here?; Where Are We Going?; REFERENCES; INDEX. - What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together with their interconnections forged, and what is driving human society in our times? In short, what is the state of the world today as we enter the second decade of the 21st century? This is the first book which deals with planetary human society as whole. It is a beginner's guide to the world after the West and after globalization, compact, portable, and jargon-free. It is aimed at everybody who, even with experience, has kept a begi
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| Emner | Civilization, Modern - History
Human ecology - History Social ecology - History Social systems Vis mer... Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Social systems -- History. History & Archaeology History - General humanøkologi moderne sivilisasjon globalisering verden sosiokulturell geologi |
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| ISBN | 9780745643434. - 9780745643441
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