1st Edition

Culture, Ideology, And World Order

By R.b.j. Walker Copyright 1984
    378 Pages
    by Routledge

    378 Pages
    by Routledge

    Contemporary discourse about human affairs is largely grounded in the specific historical experience and interests of a few dominant societies. This poses an important challenge to all those who urge that we need to adopt a global perspective on modern political life, whether in terms of international relations, comparative and developmental politi

    Studies on a Just World Order -- Preface -- Introduction -- East Wind, West Wind: Civilizations, Hegemonies, and World Orders -- Cultures, Economies, and States -- The Moving Cultural Frontier of World Order: From Monotheism to North-South Relations -- Race in International Relations -- Civilizations and Modes of Production: Conflicts and Convergences -- The Advanced Capitalist State and the Contemporary World Crisis -- Hegemony, Resistance, and Reassertion -- Dependence in a Unified World -- The Occultation of Egypt -- Oppression and Human Liberation: Toward a Third World Utopia -- Ideology and World Order Discourse -- World Politics and Western Reason: Universalism, Pluralism, Hegemony -- On Marxian Thought and the Problem of International Relations -- The Discourse of World Order -- Social Forces, States, and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory -- Culture, Ideology, and Peace -- Contemporary Militarism and the Discourse of Dissent -- Peace in an Age of Transformation