Political Globalization

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editorial Note vii
4. List of Contributors ix
5. How the Idea of Forum 2000 Emerged 1
6. Part I. Our World
7. Spiritual Preconditions for Our Common Global Survival 5
8. The World We Have Inherited, Our World Today, and Hopes for the Future 15
9. Part II. Confronting International Discourse on Globalization: Problems and Visions of Our World Today as Seen by the Participiants of the Forum 2000 Conferences
10. The Importance of Context 23
11. How to React to a Plurality of Cultures 37
12. Globalization, Society and Culture 39
13. Two Examples of Socio-Cultural Disintegration Caused by Globalization 85
14. The Importance of Religion 93
15. The Transformations of Religion in the Process of Globalization 95
16. Awareness of the Relations Between Economics, Politics, Knowledge and Ethics as a Starting Point for Global Governance 135
17. Political Globalization 137
18. Economy in the Background of Many Discussions on Social and Ethical Problems 165
19. An Economic View of the World 167
20. The Global Environmental Situation and Human Responsibility 187
21. Global Environmental Problems 189
22. The View of an Observer 221
23. Both the Rationality of Precise Analysis and the Naivety of Ideals Are Needed 223
24. Why Forum 2000? 237
25. Appendixes
26. The Prague Declaration 241
27. Participants of the Forum 2000 Conferences (1997–2001) 254
28. Illustrations 267