Research Catalog

Title

A quest for humanity : the good society in a global world / Menno Boldt.

Author

Boldt, Menno.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011.

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Details

Description

x, 252 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "In A Quest for Humanity, Menno Boldt presents a persuasive new framework for achieving a human social order in the global age. Boldt explores the concept of 'the good society' as a world in which every person can realize their potential for humanity through liberty, social justice, and equal human dignity.
• A Quest for Humanity innovatively positions globalization as a deterministic phenomenon of expanding interdependence and shared knowledge - resulting in ever-larger economic and political jurisdictions, but also creating social and psychological links between peoples across the world. Boldt challenges mainstream certainty that Western democracy and constitutional human rights are the exemplary doctrines for the global good society. With a fresh vision designed to inspire a universal acknowledgement of human dignity, A Quest for Humanity powerfully affirms the value of each human being."--pub. desc.

Subjects

• Social interaction
• Globalization > Social aspects
• Globalization > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part one: The Nature of Globalization -- 1 A Theory of Globalization -- 2 The Reality of Globalization -- 3 Globalization and the United States -- Part two: Social Order in Theory and Practice -- 4 A Theory of Social Order -- 5 Social Order in the Modern Age -- Part three: Social Order in the Global Age -- 6 Human Rights and the Global Good Society -- 7 Globalization and Social Order -- Part four: Social Order and the Good Society -- 8 Social Order by Design -- 9 Global Moral Social Order -- Part five: Myths of Reality -- 10 Scientific and Theological Myths of Reality -- 11 A Humane Myth of Reality.

ISBN

• 9781442643727 (bound)
• 1442643722 (bound)
• 9781442612242 (pbk.)
• 144261224X (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library