内容説明
Attempting to grasp the complex and multiple meanings of メGlobalizationモ beyond the conventional definition and understanding in terms of the growing interdependence of the world, the formation of global institutions, and mutually exclusive conditions of the global and the national (local), this volume aims at shedding light on its contradictory aspects from both a political and cultural perspective. While national borders seem to have subsided or been lowered for some in our rapidly interconnected world, new borders, real and imagined, are being constructed or reconstructed, as, for instance, seen in the widening gaps/disparities and the eruption of identity politics. How should the paradoxical development of contrasting phenomenaムfor example, economic globalization and the rediscovery of culture as the basis of identityムbe perceived? Prominent intellectuals from academia, the mass media, and NGOs/NPOs from around the Asia-Pacific address such issues as the role of intellectuals, journalism, cultural/academic organizations, and the significance of cross-border networking, with a focus on the idea of the メpublicモ in order to tackle a trans-disciplinary agenda in an increasingly borderless world.
レビュー
This book is the product of a ground-breaking cross-border and trans-disciplinary dialogue aimed at revealing the manner in which the Janus-faced process of globalization is being manifested in the different regions of Asia and other parts of the world. No discussion of the contemporary situation in Asia and other areas can afford to ignore it.モ --KANG Sang-jung, Professor, University of Tokyo