Arif Dirlik is Knight Professor of Social Science and Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Oregon. He is recently author of Marxism in the Chinese Revolution (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Thinking Globalization Historically; Chapter 3 Conceptual Field(s) of Globality; Chapter 4 Legacies; Chapter 5 Alternatives?; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

“Dirlik pushes our understanding of the contemporary world forward by arguing that globalization is not something happening that has yet to fulfill its promise, but something that has happened producing global modernity, a world of new unities and fractures. This world is one where human agency acquires more importance and cracks in the façade of modernity offer avenues of hope to those willing to act. A compelling essay on the contemporary human condition.” —William D. Coleman, Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair on Global Governance and Public Policy, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University “An unusually perceptive and balanced appraisal of the globalization hype and its relation to the reality of global capitalism.” —Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University

Arif Dirlik is Knight Professor of Social Science and Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Oregon. He is recently author of Marxism in the Chinese Revolution (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Thinking Globalization Historically; Chapter 3 Conceptual Field(s) of Globality; Chapter 4 Legacies; Chapter 5 Alternatives?; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

“Dirlik pushes our understanding of the contemporary world forward by arguing that globalization is not something happening that has yet to fulfill its promise, but something that has happened producing global modernity, a world of new unities and fractures. This world is one where human agency acquires more importance and cracks in the façade of modernity offer avenues of hope to those willing to act. A compelling essay on the contemporary human condition.” —William D. Coleman, Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair on Global Governance and Public Policy, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University “An unusually perceptive and balanced appraisal of the globalization hype and its relation to the reality of global capitalism.” —Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University

Arif Dirlik is Knight Professor of Social Science and Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Oregon. He is recently author of Marxism in the Chinese Revolution (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Thinking Globalization Historically; Chapter 3 Conceptual Field(s) of Globality; Chapter 4 Legacies; Chapter 5 Alternatives?; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

“Dirlik pushes our understanding of the contemporary world forward by arguing that globalization is not something happening that has yet to fulfill its promise, but something that has happened producing global modernity, a world of new unities and fractures. This world is one where human agency acquires more importance and cracks in the façade of modernity offer avenues of hope to those willing to act. A compelling essay on the contemporary human condition.” —William D. Coleman, Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair on Global Governance and Public Policy, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University “An unusually perceptive and balanced appraisal of the globalization hype and its relation to the reality of global capitalism.” —Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University