Globalization, Alienation and the Loss of Other-Wiseness

O John
1997 Toronto. Rejkge   unpublished
The authorfocuses on the impact of globalization on dz%ferent aspects of civil society. He argues that the global division of labour, and the exodus of tran-snational corporations has resulted in a new configuration of the forces of integration and fragmentation of regional economies. Postmodemist emphasis on heterogeneity and uniqueness of cultural life has given the Radical Right justification for excluding attention to those considered as cultural minorities. Rather, we are reduced to a
more » ... n denominator of economic strength as the only criterion of value and legitimacy. Le point de mire de cet article est l'im-pact de laglobalisation sur les diprents aspects de la socittd civile. L'auteur dt-veloppe une argumentation selon la-quelle la division globule du travail et l'exode des entreprises supranationales aentraint unefragmentation des dcono-mies rtgionales et une reconfiguration des forces d'intdgrations. L'emphase pos tmodemiste mise sur le caractPre h la fois hittrogPne et unitaire de la vie cul-turelle a fourni h la Droite Radicale des justifications pour marginaliser ceux que l'on considbe comme faisant partie des minoritb culturelles. Pire, nous en sommes riduits h considker le dbomi-nateur commun de la puissance icono-mique comme le critPre exclusifde toute valeur et de toute ldgitimitt. The modem state owes its distinctive form to the ways in whichit answers to the articulation of an industrial society. In short, the polity, economy and sociocultural institutions of modem society have assumed particular
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