Description
Globalization: East and West Book Description: What is globalization? Is it something that is sometimes confused with Americanization? Or is it a qualitatively different and new historical phase that humanity has entered? What are the elements involved in the interaction between local and global? This book contains a comparative, comprehensive and powerful explanation of the processes that are tried to be explained by the concept of globalization. The book, which is a first in that it is the first comprehensive text in which the subject is discussed in both Western and Eastern contexts and meets an important need in the context of social sciences, offers a descriptive and balanced analysis of globalization. The subject of globalization is religion, migration, medicine, It is discussed from an innovative perspective through various concrete examples in areas such as terrorism, global disasters, citizenship, human rights, media and popular culture. Written for the Turkish edition, it is a rich text that appeals to both academic and general readers, with a preface that includes a brief evaluation of the painful process that has been going on in the Middle East in recent years. (From the Promotional Bulletin)