Description
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
Table of Contents
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
