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GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL STRATEGY

Autor raščlanjuje sporni koncept globalizacije na njezine tehnologijske, političke, kulturalne, ekonomske i društvene aspekte. Pritom polemizira sa S. Huntingtonom, a dijelom i s J. Grayom, pridružujući se argumentima P. Chatterjeea o nacionalističkoj strategiji i politici. Jameson zaključuje da su udruživanje (combination), društveni kolektivitet i globalna regulacija fokusi svakoga strategijski uspješnog odgovora na trendove globalizacije.The author analyses the controversial concept of globalization from its technological, political, cultural, economic and social aspects. He refers to S. Huntington, and also to J. Gray, and uses P. Chaterjee’s arguments on nationalist strategy and politics. Jameson concludes that combination, social collective and global regulation are the at the core of all strategically successful responses to the globalization trends