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The rise and manifestation of globalism and its implications for science

E.J. van Niekerk
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 60, No 1 | a621 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v60i1.621 | © 1995 E.J. van Niekerk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 January 1995 | Published: 21 January 1995

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E.J. van Niekerk, Department of History of Education University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

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The rise and manifestation of globalism and its implicationsfor science. The concept globalism refers to the interdependent and interconnected character of the contemporary world. One of the characteristics of the globalistic world order is that it is a threat unto itself This threat is manifested in numerous global crises such as the population explosion, the extensive developmental disparities between First and Third World countries, the energy crisis, atomic warfare and the environmental crisis. Humanity has brought these and other global crises upon itself by the advancement of the modern (Western) industrial civilisation which emanated from the absolutised application of the natural scientific mode of thought. In order to defend the thesis that the phenomenon of globalisation has profound implications for scientific practice, it is necessary to present a historical overview of the rise of globalism and an interpretation of its current manifestation. From these aspects one can deduce the significant implications that this phenomenon has for scientific practice. General features of a more accountable mode of scientific thought are also presented. Finally, Temporality Agogics, a paradigm within the context o f History of Education, is discussed as an example o f such a more accountable mode of scientific practice.


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