The Great Globalisation Debate

About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about the debate between two camps – the hyperglobalists and the sceptics – regarding the existence of globalisation, often called the great globalisation debate, focusing in particular on: (i) the hyperglobalist perspective, which sees globalisation as a hugely important process, comparable in significance to transformative historical moments like the invention of writing; (ii) the sceptical view that the extent of globalisation in recent decades has been exaggerated, and that the world continues to be organised along older principles based on the nation state; (iii) how this debate plays out in the spheres of political and economic globalisation.

About the lecturer

Professor Rafal Soborski is Professor of International Politics at Richmond, The American International University in London. His research focuses on the ideological, political and social dimensions of globalisation, including on globalism, anti-globalism and environmentalism. He is author of Ideology and the Future of Progressive Social Movements (2018) and Ideology in a Global Age: Continuity and Change (2013).