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Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences.

Publication: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Publication Date: 01-FEB-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
FRANK J. LECHNER and JOHN BOLI, World Culture: Origins and Consequences. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, 260 p. + index.

Both globalization and culture are central research topics in sociology and academic debates today. This book by Lechner and Boli provides an excellent way into the literature on these topics. While sociologists are likely to start a discussion of these questions with the famous quote from Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto on how the capitalist bourgeoisie would create a world culture in its own image, Lechner and Bali update the theoretical tools at our disposal by outlining four paradigms for thinking about the origins and consequences of global culture. They are comprehensive and fair in their judgements, have written an interesting...

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