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Re-globalization is a relatively new term. It intends to frame and characterize the most recent phase of globalization: the phase we are currently in. Although the term is not undisputed, in every respect still in the making and must be contextualized according to different environments, it serves as a connecting bond between a variety of phenomena that suggest that globalization has entered a phase of transition, if not profound transformation. In fact, for a couple of years now, the dynamics of “re-globalization,” i.e., of both rethinking and remodeling known globalization patterns due to increasing rifts and ruptures, are affecting most, if not all aspects of globalized practices, habits and lifestyles.
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Benedikter, R. (2022). A Shifting Global Scenery: The Age of Re-globalization. In: Religion in the Age of Re-Globalization. Culture and Religion in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80857-0_3
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