再帰的近代化における普遍性と多元性の問題

地域の環境や伝統を再検討するための参照枠の在り方とは

抄録

　 A purpose of this paper is to reconsider a method of analyzing the issues and possibilities of modernization of societies in globalization. According to Anthony Giddens, the keyword of modernization is disembedding. The relationships with traditions change in the process of modernization. It means that a change of locality in globalization is not an extinction of traditions but their reflexive modernization. This shows that making much of locality based on pluralism is not equal to denying the change of traditions.

　 To avoid placing absolute trust in the present perspective, people need a chance to shaken their truism when they take part in the process of decision-making. A theory of reflexive modernization can work as a frame of reference which does not show one unique solution. It helps them to analyze the change of their locality from the past to the present, which can be a basis to find out the new choices they have not made.