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The State of Globality in a (Post)-COVID World

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  • Steger Manfred B.

    (Department of Sociology, University if Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)

Abstract

This article assesses the current state of globality in light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It opens with a concise survey of influential meanings and uses of “globality” in extant global studies literature. Offering clarifications and definitions of two pertinent keywords – “globality” and “globalization” – this overview provides a careful conceptual delineation of these two concepts as a prerequisite for determining their causal relation: globalization (the process) shapes globality (the condition). It is argued that the widening disjunctures and cleavages among the major globalization dynamics are transforming the hitherto dominant form of globality. Yielding a plausible response to the crucial question of how globality itself has been transformed by globalization, the clarification of the major structural dynamics linking the disjunctive processes of space-time compression to the restructuring of the mutable condition of worldwide interconnectedness facilitates a comprehensive assessment of the current state of globality. The article ends with a brief speculation on the future of globality and the prospects for overcoming the negative social impacts of disjunctive globalization.

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  • Steger Manfred B., 2021. "The State of Globality in a (Post)-COVID World," New Global Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 15(2-3), pages 117-143, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:nglost:v:15:y:2021:i:2-3:p:117-143:n:10
    DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2021-0003
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