From Minsk to Vladivostok - Is It an East Slavic Civilization?

Haggman, Bertil, Comparative Civilizations Review

Introduction

Civilizationalists have never agreed on how to categorize "civilizations." They even have difficulty with defining the word. In the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC), the primary scholarly society for ongoing studies of civilizations (past, present, and future), roundtable discussions are held at annual meetings debating which cultures to include in the list of civilizations. For example, the issue was raised about where Persia/Iran falls: within "Islamic Civilization" or uniquely a civilization itself. A case was made by our Persian specialist that rather than being part of Islamic Civilization, Persia, a much older culture, is …

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Publication information: Article title: From Minsk to Vladivostok - Is It an East Slavic Civilization?. Contributors: Haggman, Bertil - Author. Journal title: Comparative Civilizations Review. Issue: 64 Publication date: Spring 2011. Page number: 63+. © International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations Spring 2010. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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