World. A Guide for Beginners

What will the world of the XXI century look like, when now the Government of the West is no longer a given? How have society and cultures have been formed that exist today in the world and how are they related to each other? And what drives the human society today? In short, what is the state of the world today, when we enter into the second decade of the XXI century?
This is the first book in which the planetary human society is considered as a whole. It sets out the sociocultural geology of the world, its main civilizations, its historical waves of globalization, its family systems - the floor - tender and its ways to modernity, describes the dynamics of the world, its main driving forces and outlines of the most important global and subglobal processes. The book shows large team players on the world scene (rich countries, a variety of religions and movements, corporations and cities) and traced life paths of men and women on all continents from their birth and childhood to old age and death.
Announced language written, the book is of interest not only for sociologists, political scientists, historians, but also for a wide range of readers