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| Asunto: | [CeHuNews] 71/04 - Globalization versus Regionalization (Centro Humboldt) | | Fecha: | Martes, 19 de Octubre, 2004 15:29:25 (-0300) | | Autor: | Centro Humboldt <humboldt @...............ar>
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GLOBALIZATION VERSUS REGIONALIZATION
OMAR H. GEJO and
ANA M. LIBERALI
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Editorial
Globalization versus Regionalization
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Globalization
vs. Regionalization
Something more than an apparent contradiction
Prof. Omar Horacio Gejo
Lic. Ana María Liberali
National
University of Luján
Alexander von Humboldt Centro of Studies
ARGENTINA
Due to its imposing presence over the last few years and being the
subject matter of almost every relevant discussion, not taking into account the
level of formality of the former, the concept of globalisation has turned into a
supreme idea in which its explanatory and descriptive capacity have achieved an
absolute consensus including not only its supporters but also those who are
against it.
However, beyond all discourse maelstrom brought about by this
phenomenon, it is convenient to maintain a “healthy prudence”, that is a
preservative scepticism so as to avoid being carried away by the fierce forces
generated by context imposition, which tends to produce “ thought-killers”,
vacuous consensus which leads to the so-called statu quo.
GLOBALIZATION:
BACK TO GEOGRAPHY?
The main goal of this new concept has been that of
highlighting substantial differences if we compare it with what we had
previously experienced. To put it in a nutshell, globalisation would imply being
in the presence of a different world, dissimilar in many aspects, of course. (1)
We are bound to find various opinions about the surge of this new term. Some
people date back to the 60’s.
The majority, however, agree that it was the
decade of 80 that triggered this situation, to become, later on, the onset of
significant controversies leaving the 90’s marked by a vast phraseology that
derives from the simple utterance of this allencompassing word which will end up
compressing and squashing everything on its way. (2)
But the massive consent
to its existence has been accompanied by an extreme difficulty in reaching an
agreement on the several meanings that this word carries. That is to say, if
there’s no disagreement on the acceptance of its reality, the question will be
much less clear when dealing with its implications, laying bare its lack of
consistency and paradoxical baseline of the previous extended agreement.
The
sudden irruption of these issues have allowed Geography to regain certain
importance in the Science field due to the resurgence of the spatial dimension
as a necessary step for the analysis –or study- of societies development and
evolution.
Over many decades we had witnessed a total domination of the
sociological approaches to reality. The many analysis of social organisations
came across as a phenomenal abstraction from which the conditions, in which
social relations took place, were bound to be elided.(3)
This period,
probably open during the 60’s, was beginning to close-at least formally- when in
the 90’s the spatial or territorial issue was firmly re-installed, giving way to
the inevitable need of geographical contextualization of the events.
From
this point of view, globalisation has been the vehicle that Geography has found
to make its approach necessary once more, in its attempt to understand the
evolution of reality. (4)
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