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• catalog abstract ""Human society is engaged in the most profoundly disorienting transition since the dawn of the Neolithic age. A panhumanist ethos is dawning that recognizes the essential oneness of all humankind. The largest and most complex societies are multicultural or are fast becoming so. Yet, despite moves toward greater cooperation and global integration, regional conflicts persist in the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, and many other parts of the world. Are these mere aberrations, or is there something innate in human nature that resists peaceful coexistence?" "The answer, says career diplomat Carl Coon, must be sought in the distant prehistoric past, when intergroup hostility became ingrained as a pattern of cultural evolution. We are where we are now because our ancestors, for thousands of generations, organized themselves in distinctive groups that competed with each other, sometimes peacefully, but very often through violent struggle. We still witness this ancient pattern of animosity when the intermingling of different ways of life results not in harmonious cooperation, but in regional wars and conficts." "The challenge for enlightened men and women in contemporary society is to realize that cultural diversity and the clashes it precipitates are an inevitable result of our evolutionary heritage. Drawing on his more than thirty years in the U.S. Foreign Service and on various recent studies of human behavior and cross-cultural differences, Coon illustrates how we must recognize and respect cultural diversity on the road toward forming a new, global society. Only by realizing that cultural conflicts - indeed, culture wars - are an inevitable outgrowth of our evolution as humans can we fashion more effective ways to preserve the environment and to promote an equitable, prosperous, and peaceful world community - a community that is informed by science, realistic about current issues, and undergirded by an essential optimism about the future of humanity."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11984336.
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""Human society is engaged in the most profoundly disorienting transition since the dawn of the Neolithic age. A panhumanist ethos is dawning that recognizes the essential oneness of all humankind. The largest and most complex societies are multicultural or are fast becoming so. Yet, despite moves toward greater cooperation and global integration, regional conflicts persist in the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, and many other parts of the world. Are these mere aberrations, or is there something innate in human nature that resists peaceful coexistence?"".
• catalog description ""The answer, says career diplomat Carl Coon, must be sought in the distant prehistoric past, when intergroup hostility became ingrained as a pattern of cultural evolution. We are where we are now because our ancestors, for thousands of generations, organized themselves in distinctive groups that competed with each other, sometimes peacefully, but very often through violent struggle. We still witness this ancient pattern of animosity when the intermingling of different ways of life results not in harmonious cooperation, but in regional wars and conficts."".
• catalog description ""The challenge for enlightened men and women in contemporary society is to realize that cultural diversity and the clashes it precipitates are an inevitable result of our evolutionary heritage. Drawing on his more than thirty years in the U.S. Foreign Service and on various recent studies of human behavior and cross-cultural differences, Coon illustrates how we must recognize and respect cultural diversity on the road toward forming a new, global society.".
• catalog description "From My Gallery of Cultural Snapshots -- The Biological Evolution of Humankind -- The Evolutionary Nature of Human Thought -- Culture -- Social Darwinism -- The Five Levels of Altruism -- On Aggression and Arms Races -- Religion -- Common Sense and the Law -- A Woman's Place -- Information's Two Revolutions -- Culture Wars and the Global Village -- Coping with Cultural Diversity -- Toward a Global Society -- Population -- Environmental Issues -- Some Problems of the Poor: India -- Some Problems of the Rich: The United States -- Family Values -- Philosophy and the Arts -- From Religion to Humanism -- Races and Racism -- Technology in the Twenty-First Century -- Issues for a Future Global Society -- Getting from Here to There: Progressive Humanism.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Only by realizing that cultural conflicts - indeed, culture wars - are an inevitable outgrowth of our evolution as humans can we fashion more effective ways to preserve the environment and to promote an equitable, prosperous, and peaceful world community - a community that is informed by science, realistic about current issues, and undergirded by an essential optimism about the future of humanity."--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "256 p., [8] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Culture wars and the global village.".
• catalog identifier "1573928011 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Culture wars and the global village.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
• catalog relation "Culture wars and the global village.".
• catalog subject "306 21".
• catalog subject "Civilization, Modern 1950-".
• catalog subject "Communication and culture.".
• catalog subject "Cultural pluralism.".
• catalog subject "Cultural relativism.".
• catalog subject "GN345.5 .C66 2000".
• catalog subject "Intercultural communication.".
• catalog tableOfContents "From My Gallery of Cultural Snapshots -- The Biological Evolution of Humankind -- The Evolutionary Nature of Human Thought -- Culture -- Social Darwinism -- The Five Levels of Altruism -- On Aggression and Arms Races -- Religion -- Common Sense and the Law -- A Woman's Place -- Information's Two Revolutions -- Culture Wars and the Global Village -- Coping with Cultural Diversity -- Toward a Global Society -- Population -- Environmental Issues -- Some Problems of the Poor: India -- Some Problems of the Rich: The United States -- Family Values -- Philosophy and the Arts -- From Religion to Humanism -- Races and Racism -- Technology in the Twenty-First Century -- Issues for a Future Global Society -- Getting from Here to There: Progressive Humanism.".
• catalog title "Culture wars and the global village : a diplomat's perspective / Carl Coon.".
• catalog type "text".