One of the keywords of our time, 'globalization' frames how we
understand our interconnected world. An ambiguous signifier
carrying multiple meanings, the term is usually used to refer to
the extension and intensification of social relations across the
world. Many works have been authored that deal with various aspects
of globalization. However, it is surprising that no critical
history of the concept has yet provided a historical mapping of its
conceptual origins, evolution, and genealogical lineages. This book
investigates the meaning formation of 'globalization' by featuring
interviews with twelve prominent academic pioneers of the new
trans-disciplinary field of Global Studies, who were central in
forging the 'career 'of the concept of 'globalization'. Together
with an introductory chapter, these interviews clarify how and why
a previously obscure scholarly concept suddenly exploded in the
public discourse of the 1990s. In particular, the interviews trace
the processes by which economistic discourses of free market
economics became the basis for the influential association of the
meaning of 'globalization' with the dominant neoliberal framework
of the 21st century. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Globalizations.
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