Dis:connectivity in Global History
Roland Wenzlhuemer
Chapter from the book: Steger, M et al. 2023. Globalization: Past, Present, Future.
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Chapter from the book: Steger, M et al. 2023. Globalization: Past, Present, Future.
This chapter takes a historical perspective on processes of globalization. It evaluates how the historical sciences have hitherto applied the concept of globalization in historical research and examines some of the discontents that have emerged among historians in this context. The chapter claims that such discontents are often the consequence of an oversimplified, unidirectional understanding of globalization that ignores the role of disconnections in processes of global entanglement. It advocates a stronger focus on the interplay between global connectivity and disconnectivity (captured by the term dis:connectivity) and develops this claim with the help of examples from the history of telegraphy.
Wenzlhuemer, R. 2023. Dis:connectivity in Global History. In: Steger, M et al (eds.), Globalization. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.172.b
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Published on Dec. 4, 2023