Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society: A Non-Western Critique

Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context.

The establishment of civil society is essential for urbanism and the global community because it is the sense and essence of development concerning what humankind is, as a collective entity on the globe. This thought-provoking book covers the multidimensional aspects, issues, challenges, and consequences of geopolitics and globalization on civil society, including freedom in the public sphere, alienation, neo-fascism, social cohesion, racial inequality, political narcissism, political-economic exceptionalism, Islamic radicalism, social justice, and resistance. The author brings a fresh and essentially non-Western critical perspective to bear on the fundamental challenges faced by civil society as a result of the globalization of corporate capitalism in the Digital Age, as well as providing a rich perspective on colonialism.

This book will appeal to scholars and graduate students of geopolitics and globalization, global development, sociology, international relations, cultural studies, psychology, and philosophy, as well as practitioners and policymakers who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the field of global studies.

Bagoes Wiryomartono is an independent scholar in Toronto, Canada. His teaching and research focus on the history, theory, and design of urbanism of various cultures and traditions in Southeast Asia and North America. Recent titles include Architectural Humanities: Divulging Knowledge, Ethics, and Aesthetics of the Built Environment and Habitation (2021); Traditions and Transformations of Habitation in Indonesia (2020); and Livability and Sustainability of Urbanism (2019).