A world beyond difference : cultural identity in the age of globalization /
Ronald Niezen.
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2004.
- xii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-212) and index.
Introduction -- The tradition of rational utopianism -- The cultural contradictions of globalization -- (Anti)globalization from below -- Human rights pluralism and universalism -- Postmodernism's revolt against order -- The new neo-Marxism -- Paradigms of postcolonial liberation -- Conclusion.
Presents a conceptual and historical map of how we think about the socio-political world, and how we think politically about human cultural differences. This work interprets, criticizes and frames responses to world culture. It draws from the work of major social theorists, comparing them to classical social theorists in an instructive manner.