Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity

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The current discourse of globalization is overwhelmingly centred upon the interconnectedness, or connectivity, of the contemporary world; to the great neglect of the issues of global culture and global consciousness. With contemporary worldwide culture increasingly characterized by such themes as astronomy, cosmology, space travel and exploration, there is an increasing disjuncture between academic concern with connectivity, on the one hand, and culture and consciousness of the place of planet earth in the cosmos as a whole, on the other. This book addresses this deficiency from a variety of closely related perspectives, presenting studies of religion, science, sport, international organizations, global resistance movements and migrations and developments in East Asia. It brings together the latest theoretical empirical work from scholars in the US, UK, Australia, Japan, China and Israel on the significance of culture and global consciousness. As such, Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity will be of great interest to scholars across and beyond the social sciences working in the areas of global studies, cultural studies, social theory, the sociology of religion and related issues. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Global Culture and Consciousness 2 Globalization and Global Consciousness: Levels of Connectivity 3 Connectivity and Consciousness: How Globalities are Constituted through Communication Flows 4 Globalization’s Cultural Consequences Revisited 5 Dynamics of World Culture: Global Rationalism and Problematizing Norms, Again 6 Rationalizing Global Consciousness: Scientized Education as the Foundation of Organization, Citizenship, and Personhood 7 Jesuits, Connectivity, and the Uneven Development of Global Consciousness since the Sixteenth Century 8 Glocalization and Global Sport 9 Global Culture in Motion 10 China in the Process of Globalization: A Primarily Cultural Perspective 11 ‘America’ in Global Culture 12 Taking Japan Seriously Again: The Cultural Economy of Glocalization and Self-Orientalization Conclusion Index