<p>This paper emphasizes globalization as a cultural phenomenon, one that has repeatedly been neglected<br />academically. It is better known an economic phenomenon for its capitalism-related, production-oriented<br />system and growth. Thus, the global economy no longer affected by nations but transnational<br />companies. However, primarily phenomenon. Closely related ...

A civilization constitutes a durable social system of complementary traits. Some of the complementarities of any given civilization are between elements of “material” life and ones commonly treated as integral to “culture.” Identifying the mechanisms responsible for a civilization’s observed trajectory involves, therefore, causal relationships that cross the often-postulated “cultural–material”...