Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Akademi Dergisi

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This book consists of 395 pages. In the preparation of this book, 320 sources were used. The book is the product of three years of research conducted in ten countries under the supervision of ISEC (Institute for the Study of Economic Culture). Some foundations have undertaken the transfer of important resources in the realization of the research. Each country covered in the research consists of a separate article. Article authors; consists of sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists. Great changes in the field of communication and technology take the interaction between societies to an advanced level. In this way, similar lifestyles, habits and tastes are formed between individuals and societies. Another meaning of this is the emergence of global culture. Globalization is an economic, social, cultural and political phenomenon. However, there is no doubt that the center of gravity of globalization is economic. Therefore, globalization issues are also mostly of an economic nature. However, in this study, globalization is analyzed as a cultural phenomenon beyond its economic dimension. In this study, the global powers that are effective in ten selected countries are mentioned and the interaction of these powers with the local culture is examined. So the subject of the study can be called cultural globalization from the point of view of civilizations.