My recent review of Olaf Bach’s “Die Erfindung der Globalisierung” (Frankfurt & New York 2013) in the journal “Contributions to the history of concepts” (01/2014)finished with the following, somewhat daring statement: “Bach concludes his study by pointing to the fact that the concept of globalization continues to be charged with a lot of promise and a forward-looking vision. However, this vision may never become reality, but remains a vision to be fulfilled (237). Within theology such a concept would be discussed in the discipline of eschatology, the study of the last things (death, judgment, etc.). Globalization can be understood as a quasi-eschatological concept within political and social language. It cannot simply be surpassed without speaking of something far-fetched such as interplanetary politics. The concept will never refer to a concrete experience of (secular) fulfilment.” What d0 I mean by this Statement? The answer is twofold: ‘Globalisation’ […]![]()
