Grand Model of Civilization
* Article: Targowski, Andrew (2004) "A Grand Model of Civilization," Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 51 : No. 51 , Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol51/iss51/7
Description
Andrew Targowski:
"The purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive generic model of civilizations and world civilization, applying the cybernetic technique of analysis and synthesis. Particularly, the role of info-communication processes is important for this quest, because it is strongly influencing the civilizational progress at the beginning of the 21" century. Three models developed by Braudel (1993), Koneczny (1962), and Toynbee (1934-61) serve as both justification for this type of study and the foundation for a new defined model. The spectacular progress in technology and living standards achieved by mankind at the beginning of the third millennium prompts research on the grand view of the human condition.
Numerous questions need to be answered:
• What is a civilization? • What types of civilizations can be recognized at the beginning of the third millennium? • What are the relationships between any particular civilization and the world civilization? • What is the role of information and communication in a civilization? • What types of laws govern existing civilizations and which laws should govern the world civilization? • What are the prospects for a world civilization?
Answers to these questions should help us to understand our current condition and the direction of its improvement or perhaps mankind's further well-being."