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Professor Ali Mazrui in his lecture entitled Pretender to Universalism : Western Culture in the Globalising Age , delivered in London , England , on June15 , 2000 underscores the inevitable duty of world powers , in particular , the United States , in view of the world-wide influence of its culture and the universal impact that its values and lifestyle have on the lives and cultures of people around the globe , to formulate and faithfully implement Universal policies that will integrate the various cultural traits of the people around the globe . Mazrui (2000 ) further states that the current values

and beliefs of America are lacking in consistency from one historical period to the next and has not made provisions for the varying aspects of the cultures over which it pretends to exercise leadership . Furthermore he concludes that America herself has not consistently shown shining examples of adherence to what their values hold to be right . These deficiencies he terms as historical , cross-cultural and empirical relativism (Mazrui 2000

Mazrui (2000 ) gives premier importance to cross-cultural value conflicts as the main setback in the Universalism of Western leadership . To explain this , the speaker traces the historical developments that made certain cultures attain global control today . Among these cultural elements which have attained considerable influence today , he says further , the majority are from the west , the principal power being America . In particular , America , he claims has mobilized 3 out of what he calls the engines of globalization technology , economy and empire The fourth , or Pax Americana , which the lecturer equates...