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cosmopolitan
(redirected from Global civilization)

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cosmopolitan
(of plants or animals) widely distributed

cosmopolitan [¦käz·mə¦päl·ət·ən]
(ecology)
Having a worldwide distribution wherever the habitat is suitable, with reference to the geographical distribution of a taxon.


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For the first time in human history, global civilization is threatened with collapse.
Once resources have been depleted and global civilization breaks down into hungry mobs fighting for survival, niceties of foreign policy and civil rights will be forgotten.
What was disturbing is that I was being told of the importance of the Parthenon at a time when the events of September 11, 2001 were reminding us that this Eurocentric view of global civilization was being contested by other views on the contributions of cultural traditions globally.
 
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