Globalization as the Universalization of Capitalist Modernity: A Critical Assessment in Non-Western Contexts Globalization is widely understood as the intensification of interconnectedness across national boundaries, encompassing flows of capital, commodities, ideas, technologies, and people. At a deeper theoretical level, however, globalization has been interpreted as the universalization of capitalist modernity—a historical process originating in the … Continue reading To what extent can globalization be understood as the universalization of capitalist modernity, and how does this interpretation account for the political, cultural, and economic transformations in non-Western societies?