Open AccessSocial Evolution and the Future of World Society
Author(s) -
Christopher ChaseDunn
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of world-systems research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 1076-156X
DOI - 10.5195/jwsr.2005.385
Subject(s) - commonwealth , consciousness , world culture , democracy , global citizenship , political science , scale (ratio) , global network , environmental ethics , sociology , political economy , social science , politics , epistemology , geography , law , philosophy , computer network , cartography , computer science
The idea of world society implies a fully articulated complex culture and consciousness. This has been emerging on a global scale, but the old world-system of multiple cultures continues to exist at the same time that a global culture is in formation. This article discusses the historical evolution of world orders, the coming dark age of deglobalization and the potential for the eventual emergence of a collectively rational and democratic global commonwealth