Civilizations and World Order: Geopolitics and Cultural Difference (Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory)

Civilizations and World Order: Geopolitics and Cultural Difference examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world order(s) from a cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary perspective. Contributions seek to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as "civilization, " "order, " and "world order"; they do so by taking into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life. The book deals with its main theme from three angles or vectors: first, the geopolitical or power-political context of civilizations; secondly, the different roles of civilizations or cultures against the backdrop of "post-coloniality" and "Orientalism"; and thirdly, the importance of ideological and regional differences as factors supporting or obstructing world order(s). All in all, the different contributions demonstrate the impact of competing civilizational trajectories on the functioning or malfunctioning of contemporary world order.-- Provided by Publisher Foreword: Civilizational Revival in the Global AgeAhmet DavutogluIntroductionFred Dallmayr, M. Akif Kayapinar and Ismail YaylaciPart I: Geopolitics and World Order1. Geopolitical Turmoil and Civilizational PluralismRichard Falk2. Civilization as Instrument of World Order? The Role of the Civilizational Paradigm in the Absence of a Balance of PowerHans Koechler3. Power in the Analysis of World OrdersRaymond Duvall and Cigdem Cidam4. International Society, Cultural Diversity, and the Clash (or Dialogue) of CivilizationsChris BrownPart II: Eurocentrism and Cultural Difference5.The Formative Parameters of Civilizations: A Theoretical and Historical FrameworkAhmet Davutoglu6.Western Democrats, Oriental Despots?S. Sayyid7.The Ottoman Empire and the Global Muslim Identity in the Formation of Eurocentric World Order, 1815-1919Cemil Aydin8.Beyond the "Enlightenment Mentality": An Anthropocosmic PerspectiveTu WeimingPart III: Liberalism, Global and Regional Orders9.Globalization, Civilizations, and World OrderRobert Gilpin10.Liberalism of Restraint and Liberalism of Imposition: Liberal Values and World Order in the New MillenniumGeorg Sorensen11.The Rise of a Neo-medieval Order in EuropeJan Zielonka12.Illusions, Dreams and Nightmares: Japan, the United States, and the East Asian Renaissance in the First Decade of the New CenturyJohn Welfield This book examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world orders from a cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary perspective. It seeks to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as “civilization,” “order,” and “world order” by taking into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life. This book examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world orders from a cross-cultural perspective. Seeking to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as "civilization," "order," and "world order," it takes into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life.