Identidades y nuevos conflictos

Authors

  • Gilberto Aranda Profesor, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
  • Sergio Salinas

Abstract

Globalization has substantially changed the political, economic and social patterns with which humanity has moved during the last 30 years. The integration of economies, accelerated change, and the revolution of technologies relate to an ancient phenomenon, although qualitatively different. However, the process of intensification of global interconnections has produced consequences that sometimes point in opposite directions: integration and fragmentation, homogenization and diversification, globalization and localization. Some of the results of the globalization process have been translated into experiences of weakening of the state and the fracture of societies. This last case is related to the awakening of identity demands based on ethnicity, a religious worldview, or the simple awakening of lethargic nationalisms. The following essay attempts to review the premises and classifications that, from various theoretical angles, explain the aforementioned trend in world politics.

Keywords:

Identities, New Conflicts, Globalization, Religious Radicalism, State and Sovereignty

Author Biographies

Gilberto Aranda, Profesor, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile

Licenciado en humanidades y periodista Universidad de Chile; magíster en estudios internacionales, Universidad de Chile; maestro en derechos humanos, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía; profesor asistente, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile.

Sergio Salinas

Periodista, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; magíster en ciencia política, Universidad de Chile; diplomado en cultura de paz, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; instructor Instituto de Asuntos Públicos, Universidad de Chile.