ABSTRACT

This discussion examines the disciplinary boundaries that affect the globalization debates that take place across different disciplinary subfields. I argue that the significance of globalization in these debates is due to its high-profile status in the public arena over the post-1989 era. Substantively, globalization is part of a new terminology articulated within the social sciences as a means of capturing the multitude of important shifts in the social world. Its interpretation cannot take place in isolation from related concepts. What is truly important though is the development of this new conceptual vocabulary, which encompasses cosmopolitanism, glocalization, hybridity, transnationalism and interculturalism. The globalization debates are an important venue for negotiating this new vocabulary and showcasing its importance for several fields of study. From this point of view, the significance of developing a single integrated theory of globalization is an issue of secondary importance.

摘要

讨论探讨了影响跨学科领域的全球化辩论的学科界限。我认为，全球化在这些辩论中的重要性是由于其在1989年后时代在公共领域中的高调地位。实质上，全球化是社会科学中表达的一种新术语的一部分，是捕捉社会世界众多重要变化的一种手段。它的解释不能脱离相关概念而进行。然而，真正重要的是这种新概念词汇的发展，其中包括世界主义，全球本土化，混合性，跨国主义和跨文化主义。全球化辩论是谈判新词汇并展示其对若干研究领域重要性的重要场所。从这个角度来看，发展单一的全球化综合理论的重要性是次要的问题。