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Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: Production of Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century

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Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy

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As we begin the new century, indeed the new millennium, it is tempting to crystal-gaze into the future and reflect on the past; to see ruptures of old ends and new beginnings, with anxiety or anticipation. We hear about the emergence of new knowledge economies and new economies of knowledge, although it is not always clear what these terms mean—to which knowledge and to which economy they are most applicable. The changes that are taking place in knowledge and production systems, both real and rhetorical, are marked by spatial, social, and institutional dynamics, in that they manifest themselves unevenly between countries and regions, social classes and groups, and the institutions of knowledge production themselves. This is to caution against narratives, condemnatory or celebratory, that homogenize developments (economic, political, social, cultural, or ideological) taking place in our exceedingly complex and unequally integrated world—as is so common with the universalizing but exclusionary discourse of globalization.

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Zeleza, P.T. (2007). Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: Production of Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century. In: Sörlin, S., Vessuri, H. (eds) Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603516_4

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