Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The New Creation -- A new world in the making -- Approach and method -- Chapter 2: A Theory of Globalization -- Political approach, the end of civility -- Economic approach, the end of geography -- Cultural approach, the end of objectivity -- Religious and secular radical approach, the end of inquiry -- Critique of these paradigms -- Civilizational approach, the restoration of politics -- Chapter 3: The Coming of the Information Civilization -- Technological society -- The information revolution -- Features of the new civilization -- Political pluralism, multilateralism -- Economic pluaralism, production sharing -- Cultural pluralism, multiculturalism -- The global public sphere, the Internet -- Clash or dialogue of civilizations -- Chapter 4: The Future of Global Governance -- Challenges -- Responses -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.