The Kaluli are an indigenous people whose first contact with contemporary western civilization began in the 1940s.

Pundits will read into its popularity portentous meanings for contemporary civilization.

If the truth were known, much of the drive of our own contemporary civilization would dissipate.

An introduction to the background of contemporary Chinese civilization brings together translations from ancient and modern sources.

But the Yard is dedicated to the study of contemporary civilizations as well, is it not?

He is said to have spoken of him as a master of contemporary civilization who had sought to create a better world.

We've been hoping to find maps, databases that could lead us to other, contemporary civilizations.

The result is a diverting 75 minutes that mirrors the idiosyncrasies of contemporary civilization.

It is a personal critical perspective on contemporary civilization and society.

Such a state tends to be rare in contemporary western civilization.