A World Beyond Difference: Cultural Identity in the Age of Globalization

1. Introduction.

2. The Tradition of Rational Utopianism.

A Durable Ideal.

Early Imaginings.

Scientific Discovery and Universal Rights.

Socio-evolutionism.

World History and World Revolution.

3. The Cultural Contradictions of Globalization.

Cultural Globalization.

Free Trade Globalization.

4. (Anti)Globalization from Below.

The Dilemmas of Resistance.

Defiant Islam.

International Indigenism.

Digital Identity.

Two Approaches to (Anti)Globalization.

5. Human Rights Pluralism and Universalism.

Rationalism, Religion, and Utopia.

The Limits of Liberal Evangelism.

The Collective Rights Dilemma.

6. Postmodernism’s Revolt against Order.

Postmodernism Ill-defined.

Pomotopia.

Civil Society and Extraparliamentary Democracy.

7. The New Neo-Marxism.

The Moment of Disillusionment.

Postmodernism’s Post-Marxism.

From Empire to Earthly City.

The End of Revolution.

8. Paradigms of Postcolonial Liberation.

Cultural Particularism and Universalism.

The Colonial Condition and its Aftermath.

The Language of Imperialism.

Diversity as a Universal Project.

The Grammar of Culture.

9. Conclusion.

Notes.

References.

Index