Conceptualizing globalization in terms of flows
Theorizing the Dynamics of Social Processes
ISBN: 978-0-85724-223-5, eISBN: 978-0-85724-224-2
Publication date: 30 September 2010
Abstract
George Ritzer (2010) recently conceptualized globalization in terms of liquidity and, especially, flows. This conceptualization is largely rooted in Zygmunt Bauman's theory of a world dominated by increasing liquidity. However, neither Bauman nor Ritzer put these ideas in the context of their intellectual genealogy. This essay seeks to do that by reviewing the surprisingly rich history of thought pertaining to these ideas, especially flows. Through this review we also hope to call attention to some long-debated philosophical questions that inform how a theory of flows (and structures) can be applied to our contemporary globalized world.
Citation
Rey, P.J. and Ritzer, G. (2010), "Conceptualizing globalization in terms of flows", Dahms, H.F. and Hazelrigg, L. (Ed.) Theorizing the Dynamics of Social Processes (Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 247-271. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0278-1204(2010)0000027011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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