This book examines the cultural concepts that guided the development of the age of mankind
- the changes that took place in historical, philosophical, scientific, religious, literary, and artistic thought in the 20th century. It discusses a broad range of major topics, including the spread of commercial capitalism; socialist revolutions; the two world wars; anti-colonialist national liberation movements; scientific progress; the clashes and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures; globalization; women's rights movements; mass media and entertainment; the age of information and the digital society. The combination of cultural phenomena and theoretical descriptions ensures a unity of culture, history and logic. Lastly, the book explores the enormous changes in lifestyles and the virtualized future, revealing cultural characteristics and discussing 21st -century trends in the context of information technology, globalization and the digital era. Covers a broad range of subjects in 20th-century culture, such as revolutions and political movements. It focuses on conflicts between Western and Eastern cultures, industrialization and modernization, and the ethics and values of culture and arts; discusses virtual reality, a latecomer with enormous potential to change the life and culture of mankind; and proposes a fair and impartial social order, based on humanized science and standardized finance.