Geopolitical Civilization: A Collection of Essays on the World

Author: Ruan Wei
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book uses the term "geocivilization," neither to imitate Wallerstein nor to conform to the times with some "creative thinking." It also explains the connotation of geocivilization. The main content includes the meaning, scale, and identity of "civilization," the character of civilization, the spatial movement of civilization, modernity in the interaction of civilizations, civilization and politics in the geocentric perspective, and the periphery and center. This book does not even have the ambition to "transcend cultural debates," because talking about "civilization," or even talking about "geocivilization," is still talking about "culture." In this book's view, the regional expansion of civilization has led to a major regional exchange of culture, material, and personnel; this exchange has unprecedented depth and breadth, and has produced an important result: the preliminary formation of various "geocivilizations" or "geocommunities."