Public Area and Globalization Antinomy

The paper tries to carry out a philosophical analysis of some antinomies of the process we describe as globalization. We point out the disagreement between the expert and postmodern definition of globalization, the trend to drive out the postmodern conception of globalization from the public area. The globalization process is set in a broader context of social and political changes the liberal democracies went through in the second half of the 20th century. The examples presented by the author put emphasis on some negative externalities.

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