Mondialization: The negation of territory

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to present some weaknesses and inconsistence of the mondialization/globalization concept, especially regarding obvious negation of territoriality as a principle and a crude reality of uneven spatial distribution of resources, wealth and population on global scale. The domination of the globalism and neo-liberalism in the spheres of economy, society, culture and even language leads toward greater differences, in such intensity that some authors describe it as a "clash of civilizations". Loosing territoriality means loosing "raison d’etre" of spatial planning. Some efforts to introduce participation as a planning solution for the beginning of the new century is actually a Trojan horse and a step in the wrong direction.

Osnovni cilj ovog rada je da ukaže na neke slabosti i nedoslednosti koncepta mondijalizacije, posebno kada je reč o sve očitijem negiranju teritorijalnosti kao principa i surove realnosti neravnomerne prostorne raspodele resursa, bogatstva i stanovništva na globalnom nivou. Prevlast mondijalizma i neoliberalizma u ekonomskoj, ali i socijalnoj, kulturnoj pa i lingvističkoj sferi neminovno vodi ka još većem zaoštravanju razlika, takvom da ga neki autori nazivaju "sukobom civilizacija". Negiranjem teritorijalnosti praktično i prostorno planiranje gubi svoj elementarni smisao, a apostrofiranje participacije u planiranju kao rešenja za nagomilane probleme u prostoru zapravo predstavlja pogrešan recept u pogledu postizanja novog legitimiteta profesije.