Globalization and Current Civilizational Developments

While?the?essence?of?globalization?is?humanity’s?evolution?into?a?single?structural?and?functional?system,?recently,?however,?the?contradictions?of?globalization?and?attendant?civilizational?and?regional?trends?are?be?coming?more?prevalent.?These?trends?are?investigated?in?this?article?in?terms?of?their?informationtechnological,?economic,?social,?political,?demographic?and?cultural?as?pects.?The?article?shows?that?the?only?productive?adop?tion?of?Western?achievements?by?other?civilizations?re?sults?from?the?selective?and?purposeful?adaptation?of?local?mentalities,?cultures,?values,?conditions?and?be?havioral?stereotypes.?