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Index
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I – A World of Civilizations
Chapter 1 – The New Era in World Politics
Introduction: Flags And Cultural Identity
A Multipolar, Multicivilizational World
Other Worlds?
Maps and Paradigms
One World: Euphoria and Harmony
Two Worlds: Us and Them
184 States, More or Less
Sheer Chaos
Comparing Worlds: Realism, Parsimony, And Predictions
Chapter 2 – Civilizations in History and Today
The Nature Of Civilizations
Sinic
Japanese
Hindu
Islamic
Orthodox
Western
Latin American
African (possibly)
Relations Among Civilizations
Encounters: Civilizations Before A.D. 1500
Impact: The Rise of the West
Interactions: A Multicivilizational System
Chapter 3 – A Universal Civilization? Modernization and Westernization
Universal Civilization: Meanings
Language
Religion
Universal Civilization: Sources
The West And Modernization
The Classical legacy
Catholicism and Protestantism
European languages
Separation of spiritual and temporal authority
Rule of law
Social pluralism
Representative bodies
Individualism
Responses To The West And Modernization
Rejectionism
Kemalism
Reformism
Part II – The Shifting Balance of Civilizations
Chapter 4 – The Fading of the West: Power, Culture, and Indigenization
Western Power: Dominance And Decline
Territory and Population
Economic Product
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