01450cam a2200265   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001700061020003500078020003900113082001200152100002000164245009700184260004200281300002600323504006600349505030000415520035600715650001801071650002401089650001501113650001801128650002001146650001801166716620181127183040.0040416s2004    mau      b    001 0 eng  a  2004008956  a1405126906 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a1405127376 (hardback : alk. paper)00a3062221 aNiezen, Ronald.12aA world beyond difference :bcultural identity in the age of globalization /cRonald Niezen.  aMalden, MA :bBlackwell Pub.,cc2004.  axii, 225 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [204]-212) and index.0 aIntroduction -- 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.  aPresents 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. 0aCivilization. 0aCultural pluralism. 0aEthnicity. 0aGlobalization 0aGroup identity. 0aHuman rights.