Civilizations and World Order

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. What Is Civilization? Problems and Definitions 3. Ideology and Civilizational Discourse 4. Civilizational Ideology in Action: Challenge to the Current World Order 5. World of Worlds: The Global Order/Disorder in Its Civilizational Dimension 6. Civilization and Multipolarity: Converging for Co-operation vs. Interactions of the Diverged 7. Civilization and Modernity 8. Civilization and Liberal Democracy 9. Civilization and the Globalization of Capitalism 10. The Russia-Civilization: Change and Continuity 11. Conclusions

About the author

Elena Chebankova is an independent scholar, a former reader in politics and international relations at the University of Lincoln, UK, and a research fellow at Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Piotr Dutkiewicz is professor of political science and director of the center for governance and public policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and visiting professor (pro bono) at Moscow State University, Russian Federation.

Summary

This timely and original volume fill the gaps in the existing theoretical and philosophical literature on international relations by problematizing civilization as a new unit of research in global politics. It interrogates to what extent and in what ways civilization is becoming a strategic frame of reference in the current world order.

Product details

• Authors: Elena (University of Lincoln Chebankova
• Assisted by: Elena Chebankova (Editor), Chebankova Elena (Editor), Piotr Dutkiewicz (Editor), Dutkiewicz Piotr (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2021
• EAN: 9780367421694
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42169-4
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Innovations in International Affairs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, International Relations, Political ideologies and movements