Parallel Worlds? Comparing Modernity and Globalization in Six Non-Western Cities

McKinnon, Malcolm

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Title

Parallel Worlds? Comparing Modernity and Globalization in Six Non-Western Cities

Author(s)

McKinnon, Malcolm

Issue Date

2005-04-08

Keyword(s)

• Globalization
• Modernity

Abstract

Globalization is a big word with a fittingly big reach, and fittingly big literature to go with it: the Harvard University catalog records more than 1800 titles with the word ‘globalization’ from 1987 onwards - an average of 100 a year. Can there be anything more to say? This study is a critique of globalization, especially as it is applied to the non-Western world, but I explore its ‘silences’ rather than its sins. I look at networks, relationships and transformations that get discussed little if at all in the conversation or the literature of globalization.

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Title VI National Resource Center Grant (P015A030066)

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