Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity

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.