Table of Contents
Table of Contents
PREFACE
FOREWORD
PART I CIVILIZING AND GLOBALIZING SOCIETY
Chapter 1. The Civilization Index and Western Civilization
Chapter 2. Spatio-Temporal Boundaries of Western Civilization
Chapter 3. The Life Cycle of Western Civilization
Chapter 4. Legacy of Western Civilization
Chapter 5. Western Civilization in Transformation to Global and Virtual Civilizations in the 21st Century
Part II GLOBALIZING AND VIRTUALIZING CULTURE
Chapter 6. Culture Fragmentation of Western-Global-Virtual Civilization
Chapter 7. From Multiculturalism to Hybrid Culture in Western-Global-Virtual Civilization
PART III GLOBALIZING AND VIRTUALIZING INFRASTRUCTURE
Chapter 8. The Expanding Infrastructure of Western-Global-Virtual Civilization
Chapter 9. Western-Global-Virtual Civilization and the Clash of Civilizations in the 21st Century
AFTERWORD
INDEX