Interdependence means the union of opposites is better than decoupling. There are more benefits all around to the union of opposites than decoupling from an economic and human development and international affairs and international relations standpoint, despite the obvious cultural and religious differences which exist between the opposites. But one can argue that culture would … Continue reading Groping for Identity
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Varieties of World Order
In the end, culture imposes itself on the individual. Yet, culture is the least studied issue in the social sciences, even though it is the most important issue for social scientists. As Le Bon wrote: “The factors which determine the birth and development of the basic elements of a civilization are just as numerous as … Continue reading Varieties of World Order
Supersocieties
In a sense, our basic context and our frame of analysis for international affairs is the Cold War. And what the Cold War has done is centralize power into two distinct and resolute “centers of significance” as Stalin argued. To borrow from C. Wright Mills: “The history of modern society may most readily be understood as the … Continue reading Supersocieties
The Class Bias
Either class or race are in our final analysis. And in terms of class, C. Wright Mills wrote: “The ‘bourgeoisie’ and the ‘proletariat’ are social categories corresponding with the economic categories of ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘wage worker.’ Hence, when we speak of class and when we consider class as the final analysis, we are considering economics … Continue reading The Class Bias
English Traits
“Beauty and strength, strength and beauty.” As one scholar wrote, these were what early American philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson considered as commonplace English or Anglo-Saxon characteristics. Freedom and liberty are also thought to be not just a value system for Anglo-Saxons, but an impulse or an instinct. But as the revisionist scholar wrote: … Continue reading English Traits
Adam A. Azim 