World politics is entering a new phase in which the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Civilizations, the highest cultural groupings of people, are differentiated from each other by religion, history, language, and tradition. These divisions are deep and increasing in importance. From Yugoslavia to the Middle East to Central Asia, the fault l...

This study has been carried out as a part of the programme " Culture, tourism and development " of the Division of cultural policies and intercultural dialogue, Section culture and development by Pr Mike Robinson and Dr David Picard. The views expressed by the author, the selection of facts presented and the opinions stated with regard to the facts are the responsibility of the author and do no...

An estimate of the number of advanced technical civilizations on planets of other stars depends on our knowledge of the rate of star formation; the frequency of favorably situated planets; the probabilities of the origins of life, of intelligence and of technical civilization ; and the iifetimes of technicai civilizations. These parameters are poorly known. The estimates of the present paper le...

Myths are reflective of human concerns and needs during ancient times. By reviewing them, it turns out that many human problems today, have a historical background. Among the main themes of ancient mythologies, fertility and reproduction have various representations in ancient civilizations. The purpose of this paper was to review myths and common symbols of fertility and reproduction in ancien...

myths are reflective of human concerns and needs during ancient times. by reviewing them, it turns out that many human problems today, have a historical background. among the main themes of ancient mythologies, fertility and reproduction have various representations in ancient civilizations. the purpose of this paper was to review myths and common symbols of fertility and reproduction in ancien...

Considering the cosmology with mythological form of consciousness era as the primary base of metaphysical form and the basis of development toward an integrated cosmology, political ideas has been placed in an organic link with a metaphysical system in the ancient Persians as well as Chinese political thought. Based on considerable similarities among cosmological systems in civilizations e.g....