01477cam a2200277 4500 7166 20181127183040.0 040416s2004 mau b 001 0 eng 2004008956 1405126906 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405127376 (hardback : alk. paper) 306 22 Niezen, Ronald. 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. Civilization. Cultural pluralism. Ethnicity. Globalization Group identity. Human rights. 6092 6092 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2021-03-01 11013 3 2 306 NIE 30011026 2025-09-08 00:00:00 2025-08-25 2018-11-27 MAIN