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Apotheosis of the State and the Decline of Civilization: A Systems Approach

form the modern sovereign state, diminishing the traditional place of religion, art and philosophy in civilizations. An example of a state lacking common institutions of transcendence was the Mongol ... when political fragmentation gave birth to multiple schools of philosophy and the search for universal meaning. The statecraft of Legalism V facilitated unification but addressed only one stratum of

From Compromise to Confrontation: The American Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and His Attempts to Mitigate Disagreements with the Soviet Union as the Cold War Began

use his political skill for engineering compromise in order to bring about an agreement with the Soviet Union which would lead to an era of peace. While the crucial question facing American policymakers ... seeking agreement with the U.S.S.R. on a broad range of political and economic questions. Although on the defensive, Byrnes revived the credit of $1 billion to the U.S.S.R. Events in Iran in the spring of

The Possibility of a Global Civilization

question of the relationship between the philosophy of man and the kinds of nation states that exist. It argues that a better understanding of the nature of man would lend itself to the concept and ... Greek philosophy, especially through the eyes of Plato and his student, Aristotle, one could not achieve an ethical society without proper political structures. Ethics was not considered to be functional

Buber the Radical Egalitarian and Buber and Psychology

in Berlin. I focus here on Buber’s psychology but include several intellectual side trips visiting aspects of Buber’s philosophy and his politics. I cannot separate them in discussing Buber and ... Civilizations Review: Comparative Civilizations Review Kenneth Feigenbaum 0 Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons 0 Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History

Here, there, and in-between: On the Civilizing Process and Civilizational Analysis

the humanities, social sciences, and philosophy can be useful in the kind of analysis advocated here. ... Civilizational Analysis Michael Palencia-Roth 0 1 0 Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies 1 Commons, Political Science Commons, and the

President's Message

works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons ... Moldavian prince and philosopher who represented the epitome of the Enlightenment. Bridging history and philosophy, policy and ethics, and cultural theory and ethnicity, his life and work created a bridge

Military Comparison of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Republic

BCE). His changes included “programs of administrative efficiency, agricultural reform, and singleminded pursuit of political and military power.”8 Shang Yang's systematic reforms strengthened the Qin ... focused on territorial control. The Roman Institutional Model The Roman political state continually evolved to balance its growing power and expand its citizenship base. The pillars of the Roman Republic

Culture-Oriented Interpretations of Corporate Responsibility

. Cultural Globalization of Corporate Responsibility Corporations — the dominant organizational form of capitalism — are under social and political scrutiny. Citizens, governments and business leaders ... Chinese culture and philosophy. Whelan (2007) evaluated the lack of harmony between the Western corporate responsibility concept and local cultural values over a wider geography, and he proposed that

The Rise of China and the Concept of Civilization: Constructing Conceptual Apparatus for Cross-Civilizational Comparisons

-Civilizational Comparisons Liah Greenfeld University Professor, Sociology, Political Science, and Anthropology Boston University Abstract The paper argues that the rise of China to a position of prominence in the ... decision of China to turn its nationalist energies to competition with leading Western powers for prestige and economic and political hegemony redraws the boundaries of the empirical world on the basis of

The Future of Civilization: A Systems Approach

occupies present non-material civilization and is characterized by organic knowledge and embracing the unprovable, which includes religion, art, morality, literature, and philosophy. Reflecting this ... political persuasions are emerging — Statism includes communists, socialists, and progressives; Civism (Civilizationists) embraces non-material humanism and regards the three rational autonomous systems as

Book Review: Michela Coletta. Decadent Modernity: Civilization and ‘Latinidad’ in Spanish America, 1880-1920

identities, national education, and what Coletta calls the ‘aesthetics of regeneration’, the author explores cultural, sociological, and political trends in Southern Cone countries Uruguay, Chile, and ... Comparative Civilizations Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information , please contact 2 Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Smith

The Heritage of the Reincarnated Lama of the Gobi

and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the ... Buddhist philosophy and tantric practice at the monastery of Badgarchoilin in what today is Inner Mongolia. Many of the high-ranking teachers of the time — such as Janjaa Hutagt, Ajaa Gegeen, and Düinhor

Book Review: David J. Rosner. Catastrophe and Philosophy

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Michael Boym: the Polish Marco Polo

://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Couderq, Agnieszka ... learning the language of the elites and the Confucian philosophy they professed, and at a level of erudition that would allow him to debate with them. The Chinese turned out to be a nation that respected

Thinking Ahead: The Advent of New Paradigms in International Relations Theory: “Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.” - Carroll Quigley

International Relations Theory is a branch of Political Science that studies International Relations from a theoretical perspective. Historically, it was dominated by two paradigms — Realism and ... ,” and “liberal institutionalism theory.” John J. Mearsheimer explains: The liberal tradition has its roots in the Enlightenment, that period in eighteenth– century Europe when intellectuals and political

The Cycles of Progress and Regress in Ethiopian Civilization

Ethiopia’s institutional identity from the loftiness of its roots will be covered. The political and religious history of Ethiopia will be highlighted to establish landmark events of history, politics, and ... ; //scholarsarchive; byu; edu/ccr Tseggai Isaac, PhD. Chancellor’s Professor of Political Science Missouri University of Science and Technology This is a study of the historical traditions of Ethiopia and their

Hope and Pessimism in ‘Classical’ 20th Century Civilizational Theory

faces another set of crises — pandemic, overpopulation, climate change, political impasse, economic inequality, social unrest, growing lawlessness and nuclear threat. One can easily be tempted to give up ... , this tension has been present in western political philosophy as far back as Plato and Aristotle — the problem won't be solved here. 26 Ronald Aronson, “Review of The Principle of Hope by Ernst Bloch” in

Political Power of Iranian Hierocracies

The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that the current Iranian regime is no novelty in Iranian history and political thinking, but has two antecedents: the rule of the Sasanians in late Antiquity

Michael Farmer. An Atlas of the Tibetan Plateau. Volume 50 in Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library series

Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and ... understanding of the characteristic geography of this high-altitude region is available for the very first time with the potential to enlighten and inspire a wide readership. Indeed, the socio-political and

Reading A Global Landscape

: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended ... conspiracy theorists, election deniers, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and radical right wing political pundits to support this thesis. Given it appears that many have lost their grip on reality, Klein offers