ABSTRACT
The evidence that international culture is emerging falls into three categories: indications of parallel patterns in national or sub-national communities; indicators of trans-national flows of people, signs (media), and things; indicators of trans-national perspectives. In international culture the demand for affection is becoming less inhibited, especially among women, as they become emancipated from "duty marriages" and attending restrictions. International culture is affected by another cross-current, which is the trend to politicize ecclesiastical institutions by subjecting them to attack in socialist-communist states, and to defense elsewhere. The chapter identifies some major factors that have conditioned the rise of international culture. It is necessary to underline the decisive impact of political factors upon the contemporary structure, especially as a result of the continuation into the modern era of the institution of war—including the expectation of violence, the assessment of social assets in terms of fighting effectiveness, and chronic preparation or prosecution of war.
