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Social Bonding, Globalization, and Humanity

Published/Copyright: December 21, 2011
New Global Studies
From the journal New Global Studies Volume 5 Issue 3

What bonds hold human society together? How have these bonds evolved over time, and where do they extend in an era of globalization? This article shows how certain types of social bonds continue to dominate human civilization, explores some of the strains they are under at the present time, and suggests a few ways they may adapt to the global future by acquiring a more precise connection to the concept of Humanity.

Keywords: globalization; humanity; human society
Published Online: 2011-12-21

©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.2202/1940-0004.1148
Keywords for this article
globalization; humanity; human society

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  1. Article
  2. Zelig in the Jungle: Neozapatismo and the Construction of the International Indigenous Subject
  3. "Planetarity" as the Armature for Comparing Alice Walker and Bama Faustina
  4. Interpreting the Transforming World: Perspectives from Peace Research
  5. Commentary
  6. The State under Globalization : Weakened State or Reinforced Economic Planner?
  7. Social Bonding, Globalization, and Humanity
  8. Reportage
  9. Al-Qaida versus the Arab Awakening: The Muslim World's Past and Future
  10. Book Review
  11. Review of The Unfinished Global Revolution
  12. Review of Worse Than a Monolith: Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia
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