Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The impact of globalization and localization on self and identity
- 2 Self and identity in historical perspective: traditional, modern, post-modern, and dialogical models
- 3 Positioning theory and dialogue
- 4 Positioning and dialogue in life-long development
- 5 A dialogical view of emotions
- 6 Practical implications for organizations, motivation, and conflict-resolution
- References
- Index
1 - The impact of globalization and localization on self and identity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The impact of globalization and localization on self and identity
- 2 Self and identity in historical perspective: traditional, modern, post-modern, and dialogical models
- 3 Positioning theory and dialogue
- 4 Positioning and dialogue in life-long development
- 5 A dialogical view of emotions
- 6 Practical implications for organizations, motivation, and conflict-resolution
- References
- Index
Summary
We are all framed of flappes and patches, and of so shapelesse and diverse a contexture, that everie piece, and everie moment playeth his part. And there is as much difference found betweene us and our selves, as there is betweene our selves and others.
Montaigne (1580/1603)Understanding globalization and its impact on self and identity is a crucial task for social scientists and practitioners today. As a result of increasing demographic, economic, ecological, political, and military interconnections on a global scale, cosmopolitanism is becoming an aspect of the everyday life of people in many parts of the world. Educational contacts crossing the borders of nationalities; tourism as the biggest industry in the world; the daily use of the internet by adults, adolescents, and children; business contacts with people on the other side of the world; and intensive communication between diasporas and homelands illustrate that never in the history of humankind have global connections had such a broad reach and deep impact on the selves and identities of an increasing number of people.
Although globalization broadens the scope and opens new horizons for an increasing number of people from diverse origins, it has its evident shadow sides. Tragic events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, and the bombings in Bali, Madrid, and London are fixed forever in our memories.
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- Dialogical Self TheoryPositioning and Counter-Positioning in a Globalizing Society, pp. 21 - 81Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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