Globalisation: its philosophical and sociological presuppositions

This article discusses the relationship between modernisation, industrialisation, and globalisation. Globalisation is viewed as a consequence of modernisation, where modernisation is construed in both physical and intellectual terms. The intellectual and philosophical foundations of modernity is the...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Hazim Shah
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000
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spelling	ukm-47962012-05-25T03:24:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4796/ Globalisation: its philosophical and sociological presuppositions Mohd. Hazim Shah, This article discusses the relationship between modernisation, industrialisation, and globalisation. Globalisation is viewed as a consequence of modernisation, where modernisation is construed in both physical and intellectual terms. The intellectual and philosophical foundations of modernity is then explicated with reference to three major movements of thoughts in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century, namely the Enlightenment, Hegelianism, and Logical Positivism. The article shows that a common thread running through these movements of thought was their emphasis on Rationality and Science, and how this has a levelling effects towards cultural convergence. The final part of the article looks at recent developments in postmodernist thought and discusses their possible implications for the 'epistemology of globalisation'. The article maintains that the postmodernist wholesale critique of modernist epistemology is unfounded, or needs qualification, and in its stark form could derail the project of globalisation through its derailment of the project of modernity. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000-01 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Hazim Shah, (2000) Globalisation: its philosophical and sociological presuppositions. Akademika, 56 . pp. 65-83. ISSN 0126-5008 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jademik-1-56.html
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description	This article discusses the relationship between modernisation, industrialisation, and globalisation. Globalisation is viewed as a consequence of modernisation, where modernisation is construed in both physical and intellectual terms. The intellectual and philosophical foundations of modernity is then explicated with reference to three major movements of thoughts in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century, namely the Enlightenment, Hegelianism, and Logical Positivism. The article shows that a common thread running through these movements of thought was their emphasis on Rationality and Science, and how this has a levelling effects towards cultural convergence. The final part of the article looks at recent developments in postmodernist thought and discusses their possible implications for the 'epistemology of globalisation'. The article maintains that the postmodernist wholesale critique of modernist epistemology is unfounded, or needs qualification, and in its stark form could derail the project of globalisation through its derailment of the project of modernity.
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title	Globalisation: its philosophical and sociological presuppositions
title_short	Globalisation: its philosophical and sociological presuppositions
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