ABSTRACT

Responding to the contributors of this special issue, this essay is organized as a series of questions (and responses). These questions facilitate our selective engagement with critical themes raised by the contributors such as the significance of engaged globalization theory and critical reflexivity; the relationship between globalization capitalism, imperialism and colonialism; the global-local nexus; and the development of an integrated method of analysis. The article also offers a list of ‘core configurations of social activity’ as a point of departure for further critical reflection of the changing dynamics of globalization. Ultimately, the authors do not seek to construct a single integrated theory of globalization, but rather strive for a theory endowed with coherence and systematicity that recognizes the value of different concepts, emphases, and approaches that nurtures the development of theories (plural) of the global.

摘要

响应于本期特刊的作者，本文以一系列问题（和回应）的形式进行组织。这些问题有助于我们选择性地参与贡献者提出的关键主题，例如参与全球化理论的重要性和批判反思性；全球化资本主义，帝国主义和殖民主义之间的关系；全球局部关系；并开发了一种综合分析方法。本文还提供了“社会活动的核心配置”列表，作为进一步思考全球化动态变化的出发点。最后，作者不寻求建立一个单一的全球化的综合性理论，而是争取一个 该理论具有连贯性和系统性，可认识到不同概念，重点和方法的价值，可促进全球理论（复数）的发展。