Globalization: A Problematic Blending of Two Grand Narratives on History of Modernity
Abstract
The globalization theory is fraught with numerous problems and despite many theoretical efforts these problems remain unsolved. Ye less articulated is the origin of these problems. This article concentrates on this much neglected issue and tries to illuminate some vital aspect of it. In so doing, the article shows that the root cause of all problems the globalization theory faces is located in its attempt for blending two contradictory or oppositional sets concerning the contemporary West. The first narrative that is the theory of postmodernism concerns the crisis of the West, while the second one, post-industrialism, is a narrative on the Western progress. Thus, the problem inherent in such a blending is not a mere methodological or epistemological issue rather it has to do with ambiguities and historical contradictions present in the contemporary West, or what which can be referred to as the pure modernity.
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