Wider Horizons, Sharper Edges
Brief Comments on Globalization, Modernity, Nation, and Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2352002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Therborn (0000-0003-4652-4371, University of Cambridge, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 280-282 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02632764070240072503 |
| OpenAlex | W2001986385 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
I'he search for social universal.s lay at the core of earl classical social science. For some, contemporary social scientists globalization amounts to a new Euro-American universalism. However, what is most often over-looked in mainstream discourses on globalization is that whereas 'the universal' is invariant, globalization implies connectivity and hence variability. Global analysis currently needs to pay systematic attention to the dialectic between global connectivity and global variability
Dialectic · Epistemology · Globalization · Globe · Invariant (physics · Mainstream · New horizons · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Universalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |