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1、7GLOBALIZATIONANDLOCALIZATIONSalmanRushdiehasgoneunderground!From1970to1980thepopulationofNorthAmericanIndiansincreasedfrom700,000to1.4millionincludingthecreationofseveralnewtribes.Theworldnetworkofstockmarketsisovercapitalizedandlodgedonthefluctuatingb

2、rinkofthethreateningcrashof1990.Thegovernmentsaretheretostemdisaster,bymeansofmassivecredit,whateverproblemthatmaysolve.IntheEasternbloc,large-scaleethnicmobilizationthreatensthemonolithicfaceofempirewhilepresentingnewandevenlessmanageableproblems.Thesa

3、meT-shirtdesignsfromAcapulco,MallorcaorHawaii;thesamewatchandcomputercloneswithdifferentnames,evenGucciclones;thenostalgicturninthetouristtrade,cateringtoasearchforroots,eveniflargelysimulacra,andtheWesternsearchfortheexperienceofotherness.Ethnicandcult

4、uralfragmentationandmodernisthomogenizationarenottwoarguments,twoopposingviewsofwhatishappeningintheworldtoday,buttwoconstitutivetrendsofglobalreality.ThedualistcentralizedworldofthedoubleEast-Westhegemonyisfragmenting,politicallyandculturally,butthehom

5、ogeneityofcapitalismremainsasintactandassystematicasever.Theculturalandbyimplicationintellectualfragmen-tationoftheworldhasunderminedanyattemptatasingleinterpretationofthecurrentsituation.Wehavebeenservedeverythingfrompost-industrialism,latecapitalisman

6、dpostmodernism(asapurelyculturalphenomenonexpressiveofanevolutionofWesterncapitalistsociety),tomoresinistertraditionalistrepresentationsofthedeclineofWesterncivilization,ofcreepingnarcissism,moraldecay,etc.Foryearstherehasbeenarampagingbattleamongintell

7、ectualsconcerningtheprosandconsofpostmodernity,whileimperialismtheoristshavebecomeaddictedadmirersofallsortsofsocialmovements,andthedevelopmenteliteshaveshiftedinterests,fromquestionsofdevelopmenttothoseofhumanrightsanddemocracy.AndiftheFernandBraudelCe

8、ntercontinuestoanalyzelongwaves,therehasbeenagrowinginterestinoldercivilizations,theirriseandfall,andincultureandidentity.Theintensivepracticeofidentityisthehallmarkofthepresentperiod.Rushdiesconfrontationwithfundamentalismhighl