Creative Globalization

Alain-Marc Rieu (1)

1 IAO - Institut d'Asie Orientale

East Asian Studies have introduced in Human and Social Sciences a self-reflective process, which is transforming them. These disciplines learn how to criticize their presuppositions and how to reach a level of abstraction beyond National Studies. The conception of the "universal" is criticized and reconstructed. This evolution opens a different perspective on the Globalization process and leads to the emergence of Global Studies.

Mots clés: Globalization; epistemology; Human and Social Sciences; self-reflexivity; complexity; essentialism

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Philosophie

Alain-Marc Rieu. Creative Globalization. Taipei, Taiwan Journal of East Asia Studies, 2009, December 2009, pp.163-191. ⟨hal-00701249⟩