In 14 previously unpublished essays British sociologist Martin Albrow develops the Global Age thesis that he first proposed in the 90s to capture the novelty of our own epoch. He absorbs insights from Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Arnold Toynbee and Norbert Elias into a global discourse that shapes new approaches to abiding human dilemmas of faith, justice and responsibility. Even in resisting the idea that globalization and Americanization are inevitable he argues that framing our time as global promotes a collective response to the challenges facing humankind. The hope for a human future depends on a normative ordering of global society, on global governance that allows local, national and global cultures to co-exist and thrive.
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Publication year
2014
Publication date
01.08.2014
ISBN-Print
978-3-465-04211-2
ISBN-Online
978-3-465-14211-9
Publisher
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series
Recht als Kultur
Volume
5
Language
English
Pages
250
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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
Introduction: Theorizing the Global No access Pages 11 - 16
Preface No access
The Weberian Approach to Social Reality No access
Max Weber and Globalization No access
Émile Durkheim, Morality, and Global Society No access
Arnold Toynbee and Norbert Elias as Historical Theorists No access
Hiroshima: The First Global Event? No access
Preface No access
An Agenda for Sociological Research into Globalization No access
The Rediscovery of Society No access
Territoriality and Abstractness as Properties of Social Relations No access
Local Integrities and Global Interconnectedness No access
Preface No access
Postmodernity and the Retrieval of Faith No access
Postscript: Learning in a Multi-Faith Globe No access
Global Justice and American Legal Culture No access
Globalization or Americanization: The Fate of European Culture? No access
Responsibility in the Global Age No access
Finding Principles for Global Governance No access
References No access Pages 219 - 228
Sources No access Pages 229 - 230
Index of Names No access Pages 231 - 237
Subject Index No access Pages 238 - 250
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