Globalizáció és civilizáció
Globalization and Civilization

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the role of civilization and culture in the context of the globalizing international system. It sheds light on the contradictory nature of the system by highlighting the simultaneous processes of unification and fragmentation, globalization and deglobalization, and civilization and decivilization. Furthermore, the paper introduces different interpretations of civilization and culture, the contradictions inherent in the use of the singular and plural forms of the concepts (civilization – civilizations, culture – cultures). Global civilization can only be interpreted in a technicist-instrumentalist sense, not in the social or historical-philosophical sense of the word. Today, the role of local identities is characterised by a widespread emergence. The paper describes several types of global culture, including the internationalized elite culture, of which education, especially higher education, is being a prominent part.

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