Ebook: The Portable Enlightenment Reader

"This student-friendly introduction to Global Studies provides readers with an analytical framework that moves beyond academic debates about the definition of globalization. The material is organized around substantive themes that are both accessible to students, and relevant to what is going on in the world today. The author begins by highlighting the deep historical interconnections between political, economic, and social forces that shape our world today. The readings then focus on pressing, real-world issues such as global inequality, neo-imperialism, racism, environmental degradation, and global women's movements. The final section of the book explores critical perspectives on sustainable development, human rights, and global governance. Throughout the text abstract ideas are grounded in concrete, highly-relatable examples. Main points and key concepts are clearly listed to enhance review and comprehension. Integrated Perspective in Global Studies can be used in courses on political science, international relations, and globalization. The book continually and explicitly connects the dots, making it possible for students to easily understand complex issues and make the connections between them."--Publisher's website and back cover.;Introduction By Philip McCarty -- Section 1: Thinking Globally About History : Introduction; Recovering the Context (from Europe and the People Without History (By Eric R. Wolf); The Rise of the West? (from The Origins of the Modern World: Fate and Fortune in the Rise of the West By Robert Marks) -- Section 2: Empires and Crusades : Introduction; The History of the Hellenistic Period (from The Oxford History of the Classical World By Simon Price); The Mongols (from The Penguin History of the World By J.M. Roberts) -- Section 3: World Trade and Colonialism : Introduction; How Africans Became Integral to New World History (from Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World By David Davis); What Really Made the World Go Around? Indio Contributions to the Acapulco-Manila Galleon Trade (from Explorations By Andrew Peterson) -- Section 4: Science and Enlightenment : Introduction; Ideals of the Enlightenment (from The Portable Enlightenment Reader By Isaac Kramnick); What Have the Muslims Ever Done for Us? Islamic Origins of Western Civilization (from The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects By John Hobson, Rajani Kannepalli Kanth, ed.) -- Section 5: Nationalism and Democratic Revolutions : Introduction; Declaration of Independence (By Thomas Jefferson); Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789); The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti Comprising an Account of the Struggle for Liberty in the Island, and a Sketch of Its History to the Present Period (By J.R. Beard (John Reilly)); The 'Anomaly' of Nationalism (from Imagined Communities By Benedict Anderson) -- Section 6: Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution : Introduction; Defining the Industrial Revolution (from The Industrial Revolution in World History By Peter Stearns); The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution (from The Industrial Revolution in World History By Peter Stearns) -- Section 7: Modern Imperialism : Introduction; The Age of Empire (from The Age of Empire: 1875-1914 By Eric Hobsbawm); Two Visions in the Heart of Darkness (from Culture and Imperialism By Edward Said) -- Section 8: Modern Warfare: Industrial and Ideological : Introduction; The Age of Total War (from The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991 By Eric Hobsbawm).;Section 9: Universalizing Human Rights : Introduction; Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nuremberg's Legacy (1945-49) (from Religion, Race, Rights: Landmarks in the History of Modern Anglo-American Law By Eve Darian-Smith) -- Section 10 : Introduction; Concerning Violence (from The Wretched of the Earth By Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, trans.) Draupadi (from Critical Inquiry By Mahaweti Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, trans.) -- Section 11: Feminism and Global Women's Movement : Introduction; The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (from Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1795 By Olympe de Gouges, Darline Gay Levy and Harriet Branson Applewhite, eds.; Mary Durham Johnson, trans.); The Politics of Black Feminist Thought (from Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment By Patricia Hill Collins); Globalization of the Local/Localization of the Global, Mapping Transnational Women's Movements (from Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism By Amrita Basu) -- Section 12: Environmentalism and the Blue Planet : Introduction; Common-Pool Resources and Commons Institutions, An Overview of the Applicability of the Concept and Approach to Current Environmental Problems (from Protecting the Commons By Joanna Burger, Christopher Field, Richard B. Norgaard, Elinor Ostrom, and David Policansky); Enemies of Conservation (from Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples By Mark Dowie) -- Section 13: NGOs and Civil Societies : Introduction; The Rise and Fall of Transnational Civil Society, The Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations Since 1839 (from Global Activism Reader By Thomas Richard Davies); Look Who's Talking! Second Thoughts About NGOs as Representing Civil Society (from Journal of Asian and African Studies By Hans Holmen and Magnus Jirstrom) -- Section 14: The "Clash of Civilizations" : Introduction; The New Era in World Politics (from The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order By Samuel Huntington); Civilizational Imprisonments (from The New Republic By Amartya Sen); The Clash of Ignorance (from The Nation By Edward W. Said) -- Section 15: Terror and Torture : Introduction; Terror in the Name of God (from Current History By Mark Juergensmeyer); The Globalized War Economy (from New and Old Wars By Mary Kaldor) -- Section 16: Global Inequality : Introduction; The New Imperialism, Globalization, and Racism (from New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice By Howard Winant); Neoliberal Globalization (from Globalization or Empire? By Jan Nederveen Pieterse) -- Section 17: Global Governance : Introduction; Governance, Legitimacy and Security (from New and Old Wars By Mary Kaldor); Democracy, Climate Change and Global Governance, The Democratic Nation-State and Climate Change (from Democracy, Climate Change, and Global Governance By David Held and Angus Fane Hervey).