The view from Prague

Titel: The view from Prague : the expectations of world leaders at the dawn of the 21st century / Václav Havel et al. Ed. by Jiří Musil ...
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Veröffentlicht: Budapest; New York : Central European University Press, 2007
Umfang: XI, 276 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 9789637326929
Lokale Klassifikation: 23 7 N ; 1 13 Aa ; 2 H 1136 ; 23 15 R
  • Editorial Note
  • p. vii
  • List of Contributors
  • p. ix
  • How the Idea of Forum 2000 Emerged
  • p. 1
  • Part I
  • Our World
  • Spiritual Preconditions for Our Common Global Survival
  • p. 7
  • The World We Have Inherited, Our World Today, and Hopes for the Future
  • p. 15
  • Part II
  • Confronting International Discourse on Globalization: Problems and Visions of Our World Today as Seen by the Participiants of the Forum 2000 Conferences
  • The Importance of Context
  • p. 25
  • Hozu to React to a Plurality of Cultures
  • p. 37
  • Globalization, Society and Culture
  • p. 39
  • Two Examples of Socio-Cultural Disintegration Caused by Globalization
  • p. 85
  • The Importance of Religion
  • p. 93
  • The Transformations of Religion in the Process of Globalization
  • p. 95
  • Awareness of the Relations Between Economics, Politics, Knowledge and Ethics as a Starting Point for Global Governance
  • p. 135
  • Political Globalization
  • p. 137
  • Economy in the Background of Many Discussions on Social and Ethical Problems
  • p. 165
  • An Economic View of the World
  • p. 167
  • The Global Environmental Situation and Human Responsibility
  • p. 187
  • Global Environmental Problems
  • p. 189
  • The View of an Observer
  • p. 221
  • Both the Rationality of Precise Analysis and the Naivety of Ideals Are Needed
  • p. 223
  • Why Forum 2000?
  • p. 237
  • Appendixes
  • Prague Declaration
  • p. 243
  • Participants of the Forum 2000 Conferences (1997-2005)
  • p. 254
  • Illustrations
  • p. 267