Globalization : social theory and global culture /
Roland Robertson.
- London : Sage, 1992.
- x, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
- Theory, culture & society .
- Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index. Bibliography: p. 189-203.
Globalization as a problem -- The cultural turn -- Mapping the global condition -- World-systems theory, culture and images of world order -- Japanese globality and Japanese religion -- The universalism-particularism issue -- 'Civiliztion,' civility and the civilizing process -- Globalization theory and civilization analysis -- Globality, modernity and the issue of postmodernity -- Globalization and the nostalgic paradigm -- 'The search for fundamentals' in global perspective -- Concluding reflections.