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Table Of Contents - CULTURE – BEACON OF THE FUTURE
1. THE CENTRALITY OF CULTURE 1
The Global Transformation 2
The Search for a New World System 5
Culture: Key to the Future 7
2. CULTURE AS A CONCEPT 13
Various Approaches to Culture 14
Historical Evolution of Culture 16
A Holistic Concept of Culture 30
A Holistic Definition of Culture 40
Culture as a Discipline 43
3. THE CHARACTER OF CULTURE 47
Culture as Holism 47
Culture as Context 51
Culture as Value 52
Culture as Identity 55
Culture as Conflict 56
Culture as Criticism 57
Culture as Vision 60
Culture as Creativity 61
Culture as Power 63
The Challenge of the Future 65
4. CULTURE AS A REALITY 67
The Nature of Cultures 67
Knowledge of Cultures 74
The Development of Cultures 78
The Necessity of Cultural Education 81
5. THE CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY 83
The Power of Interpretations of History 83
The Economic Interpretation of History 84
A Cultural Interpretation of History 89
Uses and Abuses of a Cultural Interpretation of History 97
6. THE CULTURAL PERSONALITY 103
The Context of the Cultural Personality 103
The Concept of the Cultural Personality 108
The Characteristics of the Cultural Personality 113
The Cultivation of the Cultural Personality 122
The Conduct of the Cultural Personality 127
7. COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 135
The Importance of Communities 135
Communities as Cultural Wholes 139
The Community Culturescape 141
Community Cultural Administration 156
8. THE CULTURAL STATE 159
Visions of the State 159
Characteristics of the Cultural State 163
Components of the Cultural State 169
Administration of the Cultural State 180
9 INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONS 185
The Human Family 187
The Cultural Heritage of Humankind 189
A Transformation in International Relations 196
A Federation of World Cultures 200
10. THE ART OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY 203
The Nature of Cultural Development 203
The Mechanics of Cultural Policy 209
The Cultural Development and Policy Tradition 213
Landmarks in Cultural Development and Policy 219
Future Directions in Cultural Development and Policy 222
11. TOWARDS A CULTURAL AGE 227
NOTES 233
PERMISSIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 245
SOME READINGS 247
INDEX 253
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