Interpreting Globalization

Leszek Koczanowicz Ph.D., is Professor of Political Science and Cultural Studies at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is the author and editor of thirteen books and numerous articles in Polish and English. Piotr Jakub Fereński works at the University of Wroclaw and is the author of nearly 120 publications, an art critic and exhibition curator. He conducts research in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and in South and North America.Joanna Panciuchin is Ph.D. Candidate of Cultural Studies at the University of Wroclaw and of Pedagogy at the University of Lower Silesia. She is the co-editor of the scientific journal Culture - History - Globalization and has published in Cultural Studies and PRAXEMA. Journal of Visual Semiotics.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Thinking GloballyPiotr Jakub Fereński, Leszek Koczanowicz and Joanna PanciuchinPART 1Cultural Theory of Globalization1 Generality and Universality in GlobalizationLeszek Kopciuch2 The Status of Global Studies and Transformations in the Social SciencesFranciszek Czech3 Musicology and GlobalizationBożena MuszkalskaPART 2Cultural History of Globalization4 Towards Historical Performatics?Gesture as the Origin of Speech. A Case StudyMirosław Kocur5 “There Is Neither Barbarian Nor Greek…”On the Tools of the Globalist Interpretation of History in Medieval Thought. An Example of the Reception of New-Testamental Ideas in the Historiography of the 11th and 12th CenturiesStanisław Rosik6 Were the Natural Sciences Global in the 19th Century? The Case of Charles DarwinPiotr Badyna7 The Spanish “Crisis of the 17th Century”Magdalena Barbaruk8 Nation-Forming Processes in Latin AmericaA New Integration Model?Tadeusz PalecznyPART 3Contemporary Culture and Globalization9 From Córdoba to Tora BoraGlobalization in the World of Islam, the World of Islam vis-à-vis GlobalizationDaniel Boćkowski10 Locality and Globality: Various Dimensions of MoneyAdam Nobis11 Global Paths of Cultural InstitutionsAttendance, Participation, or EducationKarolina Golinowska12 The Political Role of Cities: A Global PerspectivePiotr Jakub Fereński13 One Wrong Turn: Doug Rickard in the World of Google Street ViewRafał NahirnyIndex