In this ambitious work, Giacomo Marramao proposes a radical reconceptualization
of the world system in our era of declining state sovereignty. He argues that
globalization cannot be reduced to mere economics or summarized by phrases such
as "the end of history" or the "westernization of the world." Instead, we find
ourselves embarking on a passage to a new, post-nation state age destined to
transform all civilizations--and to disrupt Western geopolitical dominance. To
confront the challenges of this interregnum one must think in terms of a new and
radical universalism, a universalism of difference able to revitalize politics
and to demythologize identity.
Building on the great interwar discussion