Globalization on Trial: The Human Condition and the Information Civilization

Rajaee, Farhang

ISBN 10: 1565491114 / ISBN 13: 9781565491113

Published by Kumarian Pr Inc, Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.A., 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Globalization on Trial: The Human Condition and the Information Civilization
• Publisher: Kumarian Pr Inc, Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565491114
• ISBN 13: 9781565491113
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

*Challenges the view that equates globalization with the expansion of the capitalist economic system

*Discusses the interaction between Islamic and Judeo-Christian or "Western" civilizations

*Of interest to researchers, scholars, and students in the social sciences and humanities



Globalization on Trial is a fresh and critical inquiry into the nature of globalization. With a historical and holistic brush, Rajaee paints a picture of globalization that is both multidisciplinary and multi-cultural. This is an innovative book concerned with how globalization and the information revolution are affecting the nature of human civilization.

About the Author

Farhang Rajaee is a Visiting Associate Professor at the College of the Humanities at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.