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30 of 130 DOCUMENTS The Straits Times (Singapore) February 6, 2011 Sunday Goodbye to globalisation; familiar line started off as criticism but has preoccupied its bite and thus its attraction BYLINE: Harold James and Matteo Albanese LENGTH: 943 words The term globalisation initiative swept the world in the 1990s and reached its peak of popularity in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, for instance, Le Monde newspaper contained more than 3,500 references to mondialisation, which is globalisation in French. that then the figure steadily fell - by more than 80 per cent by 2006. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2007, the words usage in major newspapers such as the New York Times and the Financial Times has fall even more. Globalisation is on its way out. A outline history of the concept, and a comparison with another term that excessively became discredited by overuse, helps to explain what happened. The 20th centurys 2 most important abstract innovations, totalitarianism and globalisation, were originally Italian. The first term defined the tumultuous middle of the 20th century, the latter its benignant ending. Totalitarianism finally disintegrated in 1989, and globalisation prevailed.

Both foothold originated as criticisms that were supposed to undermine and subvert the political tendencies they described. But both ended up used just as frequently and enthusiastically by proponents of the respective tendencies. Totalitarianism began its conceptual life in 1923 as a criticism or parody of the megalomaniac pretensions of Italian dictator Benito Mussolinis new regime by liberal writer Giovanni Amendola. In the course of a fewer years, it had become the proud self-definition of Italian fascism, endorsed by Mussolinis education minister, Giovanni Gentile, who became the authoritative philosopher of fascism. It was then incorporated into a ghostwritten entry by Mussolini himself in the Encyclopaedia Of Fascism. In both the hostile and celebratory... If you want to turn a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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