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PREFACE=xiii
FIRST PART. Why Is a Dialogue of Civilizations Needed in Our Age?
The Nature of a Pluralistic World=1
The Definition of Pluralism=1
Relativism As a Corollary to Pluralism=4
The Causes of Civilizational Pluralism=6
The De-Colonization Process=7
Global Culture or Cultural Globalization?=8
Why Does Civilizational Dialogue Necessitate Civilizational Analysis?=11
SECOND PART. What Is Civilization?
The Concepts of Culture and Civilization=19
The Evolutionary Background=19
Conceptual Varieties=22
Meaning and Ethos=25
Creation of Meaning:Explanation of Life and Cosmos=25
Ethos=27
Religion:The Foundation of Cultures=29
Symbolism=34
Myth, Ritual, and Magic=40
Myth=40
Ritual and Ritualization=42
Magic=45
Contemporary Western Myths, Rituals, and Magic=46
Temporal Dimension and Tradition=49
Dimensions of Time=49
Time and Traditions=53
Individual and Community=58
THIRD PART. Modernization and Civilizational Practices
Culture and Social Worlds=65
Culture and Society=65
Society and Modernization=68
Culture and Political Order=74
The Territorially Based Modern Nation-State=75
The Liberal, Participative Democracy=79
Culture and Economic Activity=84
FOURTH PART. The Methodology of Civilizational Analysis
The Method of Dialogue:Understanding Others=91
Understanding and Interpretation=91
Pattern Recognition and Analysis=95
ANNEX
Tehran Declaration on Dialogue Among Civilizations=97
NOTES=107
A SELECT LIST OF READINGS=117
INDEX=129