Cultural Imperative: Global Trends in the 21st Century - page 1
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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- The Cultural Imperative - Global Trends in the 21st Century
- Preface
- Introduction: Genetic, Economic, and Cultural Determinism
- Chapter 1: From 2,000,000 B.C. to A.D.2000: The Roots and Routes of Culture
- Culture - Genetics or Cultural Programming?
- Roots and Routes
- Chapter 2: Culture and Climate
- The Effects of Climate
- Climate and Work
- Climate and Communication
- Other Climate-Linked Cultural Attributes
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Culture and Religion
- Influences on the Religion- Culture Connection
- Hinduism
- Judaism
- Jainism
- Sikhism
- Buddhism
- Buddhist Considerations in Social and Business Life
- Shinto
- Christianity
- The Globalization of Religion
- Chapter 4: Cross-Century Worldviews
- Intercategory Comparisons
- Chapter 5: Cultural Spectacles
- The Germans and the Italians
- The Americans and the Japanese
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Cultural Black Holes
- Cultural Black Holes, by Country
- State-Induced Black Holes
- Chapter 7: Cognitive Processes
- Language and Thought
- Collective and Individual Thought Processes
- Logic, Logic, Logic
- Concept of Time
- Changes in Cognitive Habits?
- Chapter 8: The Pacific Rim: The Fourth Cultural Ecology
- Mediterranean Cultural Ecology
- Atlantic Cultural Ecology
- Pacific Rim Cultural Ecology
- Chapter 9: The China Phenomenon
- China s Decline from Preeminence
- Phenomenal China
- Enduring Chinese Cultural Traits
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10: Americanization versus Asianization
- The Japanese Model
- Asianizing
- Masculinity and the Western Intellectual Tradition
- East and West
- The Asian Model
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Culture and Globalization
- Information Technology and Globalization
- The Standardization of Culture Itself
- The Answer: Cultural Adaptation
- Chapter 12: Empires - Past, Present, and Future
- Past Empires
- Impending Chinese Dominance
- Future Alliances: Who Wants China?
- Most Nation-States to Survive
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: After September 11
- The Moorish Legacy in Europe
- The Crusades
- Coexistence
- Islam s Own Problems
- Why Has Islam Failed to Achieve Modernity?
- What the West Has to Learn
- Whither the West?
- Appendix A: Cultural Categorization Characteristics
- Appendix B: Leadership Test
- Appendix C: National Traits
- Appendix D: National Communication Styles
- Glossary
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