资本主义全球化与现代化的悖论

作为当代世界社会发展的两个明显趋势的全球化和现代化成为社会关注的热点,学界和社会实践中常把两者混同为一个历史趋势。研究发现,以资本为核心动力系统驱动的全球化包括资本主义全球化和社会主义全球化两类,其中资本主义全球化由于率先启动和强劲发展势头而使近现代社会发展的全球化主要呈现为资本主义的全球化。无论从历史发展的事实还是理论的角度来看,由资本主义主导的近现代历史发展的全球化都严重阻碍着人类现代化的实现,真正推动人类社会实现全球化——世界历史化也即现代化转型的力量则来自于社会主义的出现和发展。     

Technology and Global Capitalism in Don DeLillo's Fictions

In Underworld and Cosmopolis, Don DeLillo has depicted the interaction between technology and global capitalism. It is through technology that global capitalism abuses its power. The hegemony of global capitalism is criticized due to its instrumental ethics of technology in DeLillo's fictions. On the other hand, DeLillo has constructed a counter-narrative to the hegemony of global capitalism by developing a sense of justice for technological ethics with a promotion of an aesthetic and moral dimension for technology.