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Social Evolution and the Future of World Society

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Journal of World-Systems Research

DOI: 10.5195/jwsr.2005.385

Author: Christopher Chase-Dunn

Institution: University of California, Riverside

Language: English

Topic: World Systems and Global Transformations

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2280838248

FWCI: 33.48

Cites: 37

Cited by: 53

Related to: 10