Glocalization, Space, and Modernity 1

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ID3969952
AuthorsRoudometof (0000-0001-7886-6048, corresponding author), Victor Roudometof
Year2003
Volume8
Issue1
Pages37-60
Publication date2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe European Legacy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1084877032000066297
OpenAlexW2154056733
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited49

Eurocentric narratives fuse the spatial and temporal components of modernity by identifying "modernity" with a specific era in European history. By destabilizing spatial and temporal boundaries, glocalization leads to a reconsideration of modernity. In order to explore the interplay among glocalization, space, and modernity, I suggest a thematization of modernity in terms of form and content. In terms of form, modernity is globalized and this globalization of modernity is evident in the construction of a world culture consisting of formal rules and regulations. In terms of content, modernity is localized, thereby producing glocal modernities each of which is shaped by the particular historical specificity of a cultural context and the ways in which particular regions and civilizations have interacted with each other over the course of the last several centuries. To exemplify the significance of these processes, I draw upon examples from research on modernity and social space

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Globalization · Glocalization · Linguistics · Modernity · Political science · Space (punctuation) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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