Peoples? SpaceTimes in Global Processes: The Response of the Local

Authors

  • Orlando Fals Borda National University of Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2000.197

Abstract

The great American sociologist C. Wright Mills noted in 1959 that ?in our time the problems of Western societies are almost inevitably universal problems? (Mills 1959:164-180). He already spoke of ?postmodernity? and pointed his ?nger to one of the foremost characteristics of contemporary globalisation: the tension between Reason and Liberty. According to Mills, this tension caused malaise and a certain indifference that led to the formation of a ?happy robot? in contrast to the Enlightenment model of a creative human being.

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Published

2000-11-26

How to Cite

Fals Borda, O. (2000). Peoples? SpaceTimes in Global Processes: The Response of the Local. Journal of World-Systems Research, 6(3), 624–634. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2000.197

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World-Systems Contemporary