Open AccessAbout negative globalisation – Zygmunt Bauman
Author(s) -
Braco Kovačević
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sociološki diskurs/sociological discourse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2637-2878
pISSN - 2232-867X
DOI - 10.7251/socen1815095k
Subject(s) - globalization , humanity , value (mathematics) , relation (database) , positive economics , perception , political science , political economy , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , economics , law , mathematics , computer science , statistics , database
The value theoretical relation to globalisation is diametrically opposite- positive or negative. Neoliberal globalisation apologists seek tohighlight its positive characteristics, while its critics point to a wholeseries of negative characteristics. This other theoretical orientationbelongs to Zygmunt Bauman. His attitude towards globalisation ishighly negative: in itself, globalisation carries a number of negativerisks, of which the most difficult is the one that leads to the possibleself-destruction of humanity. Therefore, he decisively stated that if wedo not develop the perception of planetary responsibility and the abilityto foresee the future, cataclysm is quite certain and real.