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