Pivot Cities in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

ISBN-13: 9780367763862 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 188 str.

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Opis

Based on the author’s long experience in academic life and the public realm, especially in foreign policy, this book argues that a single categoric classification of cities is inadequate, and that cities have had different and varied impacts and positions throughout the history of civilization.

Spis treści

Preface  Part I. Intellectual Experiences and Methodological Framework  1. Introduction: Intellectual Background  2. Critical Analysis of City Historiography: A Methodological Framework  Part II. The Role of Pivot Cities in the History of Civilizations  3. Civilization-Founding Pivot Cities: Pioneering Cities  4. Pivot Cities Founded by a Civilization: The Rise of Cities as Political Centers after the Formation of a Civilizational Paradigm  5. Pivot Cities Transplanted During the Formation of Civilizations: Alexandrian, Ottoman and Modern Networks of Cities  6. "Ghost Cities": The Decline of Pivot Cities Through Power Shifts and Civilizational Transformation  7. "Lost Cities": Pivot Cities Liquidated with a Civilization  8. Pivot Cities on Lines of Geoeconomic/Geocultural Interaction: Centers of Civilizational Encounters  Part III. Transforming/Transformed Pivot Cities Where Civilizations Meet  9. Jerusalem: The Soul of Civilizations’ History and Spiritual Transformation  10. Cairo and Civilizational Interaction: The Transformative Power of Place  11. Istanbul: A Civilization-Blending Subject City

O autorze

Ahmet Davutoğlu served as the Prime Minister of the 62^nd, 63^rd, and 64^th governments of the Republic of Turkey. Prior to this, he was Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is the first leader of the newly formed Future Party. In his academic career, he has held the position of professor at Marmara and Beykent Universities, Turkey, and the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He is the author of many books including Alternative Paradigms (1994), Civilizational Transformation and the Muslim World (1994), Stratejik Derinlik [Strategic Depths] (2015) and Systemic Earthquake and the Struggle for World Order (2020). He has received several awards, including the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2010. He was named as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine in 2012.